When “The Big Bang Theory” started in 2007, there were only five main members of the distribution: Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper, Johnny Galecki like Leonard Hofstadter, Kunal Nayyar like Raj Koothrappali, Simon Helberg like Howard Wolowitz and Kaley Cuoco. Over time, the co-creator Chuck Lorre and his creative team wisely brought to wisely certain support players who ultimately became regulars, including three important additions: Melissa Rauch like Bernadette Rostenkowski (who becomes the love interest of Howard)Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler (who finally comes out and marries Sheldon), and Kevin Sussman as Stuart Bloom (the owner of the local comic book bookstore, although Sussman was originally looked at for the role of Howard). So who was supposed to be an ephemeral guest star? He would be the character of Rauch Bernadette.

During an interview on “The Jennifer Hudson Show” In February 2023, Rauch, who plays in The restart of NBC “Night Court”told Oscar’s winner that she was always surprised by experience and shared that she thought it would be a short concert. “I still do not know that I completely treated what this experience was,” admitted Rauch. “Just before I was broken as Bernadette, I was literally at the unemployment office the week before this job. I was just supposed to be there for the week, then they said that I was going to do a few more episodes. The fact that it turned into this, I am so sleepy.”

In Jessica Radloff’s book in 2022 “The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series,” Rauch said about the same thing … and noted that a fortuitous telephone call to his agent had made it all happen. “I always have the e-mail for the hearing that was read:” I joined you, please find the equipment for the meeting above … Bernadette, guest star. “” Remember Rauch. “I auditioned on September 15, 2009, but before this hearing, I had not had so long that I called my agency and I said:” I’m sorry, but is there something there that I would be good? “I needed to work and I hated making this call, but I just decided to do it. No need to say that I was delighted to have had the courage to make this phone call.”

In Jessica Radloff’s book, the crushing consensus of the creative team behind “The Big Bang Theory” is that they adored Melissa Rauch as soon as she auditioned for the series, and very soon, it was obvious to keep her. As an executive producer, writer and possible showrunner, Steve Molero, in Radloff, “her reading was so different from that of everyone. She was funny and cute, and when I remember that we were all like,” Whoa, she was great. Let’s use it! “It was so simple.”

Casting directors Nikki Valko and Ken Miller felt the same thing; As Valko said, “Melissa Rauch is equal to comedy, and we don’t say that easily.” Valko added that after looking at a ton of auditions for “The Big Bang Theory”, everyone simply knew that Rauch was something special. “We see a lot of actor,” said Valko. “She entered this room, and it was like” wow. “We have never met her before.

“You just want to hug her all the time because she is so kind,” said Miller before weighing on the personality trait that would come later to define the character of Bernadette (as well as the small size of Rauch). “But this Sass coming out of this little little person … She was a strength. It is a lot of presence for someone Bitty! It was just a funny visual, and it was so funny to see her later put the pit bull next to Wolowitz, who was such a boy of a mom.”

The person who praised Melissa Rauch in Jessica Radloff’s book was – and there is no surprise here – Simon Helberg, who had only wonderful things to say about Rauch and Bernadette. “Howard was such a shady Lothario, Philandering, for so long, I didn’t know if it was just her fate to continue this sad cycle, so when Melissa came, I said to myself:” Oh, it’s going to be really fun. “She was written differently from the other women that Howard had come out or had disappeared,” recalls Helberg before saying that he felt a link with Rauch right away (and joking about His voice of “Bernadette” signature And, once again, its size). “And when I met Melissa, I was immediately and completely won over,” he continued. “Its charm is irresistible, as well as its signature voice, which has become increasingly as the episodes continued. At the beginning, I do not think that Saint-Louis dogs were rolling on the ground covering their heads. But that was there. And I thought:” Oh my God, finally, someone who is smaller than me! “”

“She is really the nicest and sweetest person,” added Helberg before revealing that he remembers almost everything about the first episode of the pair, “The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary”, where Bernadette and Howard go to a blind meeting with Leonard and Penny. “I have a very strong memory of his first episode – this scene in the restaurant where the date occurred,” continued Helberg. “I remember feeling, exchanges and looks and say something about a crucifix, then the scene in the car making magic for her. It was like the best partner you can have. You are really as good as your partner, so I was happy to make the tandem show with her forever.”

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