“We did the very cliched in the beginning goofy blonde who says foolish things.
It was a cliched character, the dumb blonde.
A kind of intelligence that was alien to them.
Kaley Cuoco as Penny on ‘The Big Bang Theory’.Credit:CBS / Courtesy: Everett
You know, intelligence about people and relationships and family.”
“And that took a while to figure out.
In the beginning, she was sadly one-dimensional in too many ways.”
Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, and Kaley Cuoco on ‘The Big Bang Theory’.Robert Voets/CBS via Getty
If she got angry, it wasn’t harsh.
The audience really responded to that."
There was a sweetness and endearment that she felt towards them.
I think the audience wanted to protect these two boys, these two men, these two innocents.
And she honored that.
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