The Big Bang Theory's original main female lead, Amanda Walsh, opens up about being cut from the show as Katie and replaced by Kaley Cuoco's Penny.
Amanda Walsh, who was cast as the original female lead of The Big Bang Theory, opens up about being cut from the show. In 2006, creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady pitched a new comedy pilot to CBS. Sadly, the initial iteration of the show was rejected, forcing them to retool the pilot, resulting in what ultimately became The Big Bang Theory.
The original The Big Bang Theory pilot featured Walsh's Katie as the third main character of the show alongside Jim Parsons' Sheldon and Johnny Galecki's Leonard. When CBS asked Lorre and Prady to retool the series, the character was scrapped and replaced by Kaley Cuoco's Penny.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT “You’re waiting to find out, to get that phone call, if the show gets picked up and if you’ll be flying to New York. And when that phone call came in, it was a crazy twenty-four hours because I found out Sons & Daughters was not getting picked up. And then I found out that Big Bang Theory wasn’t getting picked up, either, but it was going to be retooled—except with a new character, without me.
Admittedly, it's difficult to imagine what The Big Bang Theory would have looked like without Cuoco's Penny. While the character replaced Katie as the sitcom's main female lead, she was essentially a new character. This made it easier for Walsh to accept being cut from the wildly popular show. In any case, Penny's more understanding and warm-hearted nature was a better fit for The Big Bang Theory, especially since she functioned as the viewers' perspective in the narrative.
For what it's worth, Walsh wasn't the only actor who was cut from The Big Bang Theory after the pilot was reworked. Iris Bahr's Gilda was meant to be another female scientist that was part of the original ensemble, but she was also scrapped from the show and was replaced by Simon Helberg's Howard and Kunal Nayyar's Raj. Unlike Walsh, however, she has yet to comment on her experience.
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