Kunal Nayyar's behavior of breaking throughout comedic scenes on The Huge Bang Principle led to large behind-the-scenes frustrations.

The London-born actor, 44, who performed the astrophysicist Rajesh "Raj" Koothrappali throughout the sitcom's full 12-season run on CBS, says he "was the worst to start with on the present" as a result of he "broke on a regular basis."

"It actually pissed everybody off, however I couldn't assist it," Nayyar shared on a current episode of The Official Huge Bang Principle Podcast. "I might additionally break a variety of my very own jokes, which is humorous. However I imply, how will you [not], Simon is a genius," he mentioned, referring to a scene through which he performed reverse Simon Helberg's aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz.

Nayyar mused to host Jessica Radloff about "the great thing about Simon as an actor and a performer – even a easy line like, 'Friday works for me.' Simply the cadence, like, 'Friday works for me!'" Nayyar shouted in Helberg's chipper, sing-song vogue. It was working with Helberg particularly that made it "very laborious for me to maintain a straight face."

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Nayyar and Helberg had been joined by Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, and Kaley Cuoco in debuting the present in 2007. Together with recurring star Sara Gilbert and visitor stars Laurie Metcalf and Courtney Henggeler, the solid helped the sitcom, centered on a bunch of (largely) dorky younger males in high-stakes STEM jobs, earn speedy acclaim and safe its place on the published schedule for over a decade.

The collection lastly bowed in 2019 with none of the principal solid leaving the present. The present has additionally produced two spinoffs – Young Sheldon, specializing in an aged-down model of Parsons' character Sheldon Cooper (performed by Iain Armitage), and Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, a current spinoff of Younger Sheldon which focuses on Sheldon's older brother, Georgie (Montana Jordan), and Mandy (Emily Osment), his spouse.

The Huge Bang Principle has endured in cultural reminiscence, becoming a member of the ranks of sitcoms like The Workplace and Seinfeld as traditional rewatch fodder. However Nayyar confessed that "it's been a very long time since I went again and watched Huge Bang."

He does, nonetheless, acknowledge that the present is "comforting" to have "on within the background typically."

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Although it's been off the air for six years, Huge Bang followers had been not too long ago handled to an thrilling solid reunion. Helberg and his on-screen spouse, performed by Melissa Rauch (who joined the collection in its third season), reunited on Tuesday's season 3 finale of Night Court, which Rauch government produces and stars on as Decide Abby Stone. Helberg and Rauch had been additionally joined by Raegan Revord, who performed the youthful model of Henggeler's character Missy Cooper on Younger Sheldon.

You possibly can watch the remainder of Nayyar's interview on The Official Huge Bang Principle Podcast above.

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