Five years after the end of The Big Bang Theorythe series continues to develop through several spin-offs. But could Jim Parsons reprise his cult role of Sheldon Cooper?
The Big Bang is definitely very vast. In 2007, the American channel CBS launched The Big Bang Theorya sitcom in which viewers followed a group of science doctors sharing a daily life made up of video games, equations and friendship. A small daily life quickly disrupted by their new neighbor, who quickly tried to take them out of their world and connect them to reality…
Although the series ended in 2019 after twelve seasons, the writers were quick to seize the phenomenon to imagine spin-off series. As Young Sheldonwhich explores Sheldon Cooper’s childhood, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriagewhich will begin broadcasting on October 17 and will focus on Georgie and Mandy Cooper, while a third spin-off, dedicated to Stuart Bloom, the owner of the comic book store, was recently announced. But will these series see the return of former actors from the cult series, like Jim Parsons?
Jim Parsons ready to play Sheldon Cooper again?
Seventeen years after his debut in The Big Bang Theorythe interpreter of Sheldon Cooper has suggested that, for the moment, he does not intend to make a cameo in these different spin-off series. However, there is no question for him to close the door to this possibility. “I would never say ‘never’, because life changes so much”he confided in the show Who’s Talking To Chris Wallace?. The actor also explained that his reluctance came from the fact that, for him, the series was and remains “special”. “So why would we? I don’t know if that’s what I want right now”he admitted, nevertheless leaving that “life is very long” and that if Sheldon Cooper has to return in one of these spin-off series, Jim Parsons will agree to play him again.
