Kaley Cuoco Shares Emotional BTS Big Bang Theory Story

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Kaley Cuoco shares an emotional behind-the-scenes story from her time working on The Big Bang Theory. The actress played Penny for all 12 seasons of the hit sitcom. In fact, it's her arrival in Pasadena that kicks off the events of the series as she befriends her new neighbords, Leonard and Sheldon.

While Cuoco was part of The Big Bang Theory since season 1, she almost didn't star in it. The original pitch for the sitcom was quite different and CBS asked it to be reworked. Sheldon and Leonard were the only characters from the original concept that made it to the revamped version, and since it was an ensemble project, more actors were brought in, including Cuoco. Throughout The Big Bang Theory's 12-season run, Penny arguably had the best personal evolution. At the start of the series, she was lost as an aspiring actress and by the time it wrapped, she was successful in her new career path in the pharmaceutical industry and is happy with her marriage.  

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Being part of The Big Bang Theory for more than a decade was a privilege for Cuoco, and she's thankful for it. Aside from the experience, it also demonstrated how supportive her dad has been of her, as she revealed in an interview on The Late Late Show With James Corden that her father attended all live tapings for the show. And even if it has been 3 years since it ended, he still missed it. Read her full story below:

«We had a live studio audience, obviously, and he had a director's chair with his name on it. It sat at the top of the audience and he never sat in it, he always stood. Every night for curtain and bows and for intros — it's going to make me cry — he would be at the top and he would