A great tragedy loomed over the seven seasons of “Young Sheldon”: the family patriarch, George Sr. (Lance Barber) was doomed by the canon of “Big Bang Theory” to die before Sheldon went to school. ‘university. Although the series has taken some liberties with other elements of Old Sheldon’s story – for example, George Sr., played by Lance Barber, is a much better father in the previous spin-off than Sheldon was. was ever hinted at – the writers always knew there was no backstory to George Sr.’s death. This event was simply too important a part of Sheldon’s character to be rewritten.
For many of the older cast of “Young Sheldon,” this inevitable tragedy was known from the start. But Raegan Revord, who played Missy, Sheldon’s cool twin sister, didn’t find out about it until after she had already started the series. As she explained in a recent interview:
“When I [first] I did the show, I mean, I was nine years old. Big Bang isn’t for a nine year old so I’ve never seen it before…I mean it was in season 1 because I feel like that’s something that my parents told me just because they saw how close it was immediately. we all were. They said, “By the way, this happens. “And so it was kind of that we went through the series knowing that we would get there at some point. But it kind of helped me because it was like cherishing the scenes with George…Having that knowledge really helped me keep those moments close.”
Young Sheldon cast feared George Sr.’s death for years
It was probably for the best that Revord’s parents told him the truth about George Sr.’s fate in Season 1, as it gave him enough time to make peace with it before the season arrived 7. For the rest of the cast, who all seem to have known this since day one, this feeling of inevitability definitely seemed to help soften the blow a little.
“[Lance Barber]“We’ve known since the beginning of the series that George Sr. had an expiration date,” said showrunner Steve Holland. explain in a recent interview. “We slowed down the time a bit. We extended it because the kids, our current actors Raegan and Iain, are 16 in real life. We spread out a year over a few seasons to keep Lance alive for as long as Possible we could. But he always knew it was going to happen. It’s a similar approach to “That ’70s Show,” which debuted in 1976 and stretched those four years to eight seasons to avoid the dreaded ’80s. But While 1980 couldn’t be stopped, George’s untimely demise was slowly marching on the cast of “Young Sheldon.”
Barber confirmed he was aware of this press tour interview This year. “I had the luxury of being emotionally prepared for this from day one,” he said, although knowing what was coming didn’t stop production of his final episode from releasing. solemn for all involved. As Young Sheldon’s actor, Iain Armitage explain“Everyone was crying. It was very hard. We love Lance so much.”
