Hollywood Flashback: Stephen Hawking guest-starred on BigBangTheory in 2012
Stephen Hawking and Jim Parsons on the set of 'The Big Bang Theory' in 2012. In September 2007, THR’s reviewer called the new show"a solid addition to the CBS comedy block."
The famed physicist was often in voiceovers, in seven episodes, for the CBS comedy, with his most substantial appearance in the Season five episode,"The Hawking Excitation," as creator Chuck Lorre reveals how Hawking prepared for his role. In the long history of TV guest stars, there was never a cameo by someone smarter than Stephen Hawking. And the physicist did quite a few of them.episode playing poker with Data, Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton. As an animated character, he did four episodes ofAfter his death in 2018 at 76,quoted showrunner Al Jean as saying the only limitation Hawking placed on his appearance was "he did not want to be drunk onscreen. That was the only note we got from him.
"You clearly have a brilliant mind," Hawking declares before delivering the bad news: "Too bad it's wrong. You made an arithmetic mistake on page two. It was quite a boner." When Sheldon collapses, Hawking says, "Great, another fainter." Sayscreator Chuck Lorre: "All of professor Hawking's dialogue was preprogrammed and triggered through a voice synthesizer.
This story first appeared in a June stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine,
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