The Big Bang Theory: Behind The Scenes Secrets

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The Big Bang Theory has now been going strong for 10 seasons, and it has been easy to see that the cast chemistry is just as great off-screen as it is on-screen. Through its many years, the cast and crew of the hit series have been very open about what it is like working on TV’s most successful sitcom, and have spilled some secrets about what goes into making the show along the way. Here are 10 of the best behind the scenes secrets from The Big Bang Theory:

10. Filming Highs and Lows

Although many of the stars have now been playing the same characters for almost 10 complete seasons, some of the same nerves and feelings never go away. “It’s always the first take of the day that you want to nail and not mess up,” Kunal Nayyar revealed of first take jitters. He also explained that filming an entire episode creates a high which means for a very drastic low sometimes. “Tuesday night it’s so hard to go to bed because you have so much adrenaline. The next morning, you feel like you’ve been hit by a train. Seriously, you feel hungover without doing anything.”

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3. Working as a Group

Just like the characters they portray on the series, the main actors and actresses have all become really good friends, and when the cameras aren’t rolling, it pretty much stays the same. ” Just like in any group of seven people, we have little jokes and things we like to talk about with each other. A lot of people at work talk about reality TV (which I don’t watch), but we also talk amongst ourselves and with our crew and staff about sports, other shows, comedians we like, movies, and such. It’s a workplace and we have fun at our job. There is also sometimes ping-pong,” Bialik wrote on her blog. She added that working with friends and on a fun series doesn’t mean it is always easy. ” Making comedy is serious work. We may not work 14-hour days (some days we have!), but we work hard to make things not only funny, but logical, and coherent. Our scripts get tweaked all week long by our excellent writers, and there are always places to improve, relearn lines, and try out different things. Some days are harder than others, and working hard to make things funny when you can’t get the delivery of a line right can be very frustrating, especially if you are a Type A perfectionist who is very hard on yourself.”