The actor could have participated in one of the most successful series in history, but he decided to let the train pass
Macaulay Culkin turned down this role in The Big Bang Theory
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Macaulay Culkin stood out in the nineties as one of the children with the greatest cinematic projection of the moment. His charisma and display before the cameras in Home Alone (1990) They placed his name at the top of the Hollywood industry, opening the doors for some other projects such as My first kiss (1991) o The Good Son (1993). And, despite the numerous personal controversies that ended up keeping him out of the spotlight, Culkin continued to have great opportunities in movies and series as was the case of The Big Bang Theory (2007).
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Since its first episodes, released more than fifteen years ago, The Big Bang Theory It became one of the most successful sitcoms in television history. However, like all series, At the beginning he had serious doubts when choosing the main cast and its characters. Currently The Big Bang Theory is one of the most addictive series on HBO Max.
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The series tells the adventures of a somewhat different group of friends what had been seen so far, and that is that it was made up of circle of scientists who managed to make nerd culture fashionable. Characters like Leornard, Penny or Sheldon deeply penetrated the audience that was identified with references to video games and geeky movie sagas. However, before reaching the present development, some figures in the series were going to have a different personality and others would not even appear.
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Any fan of The Big Bang Theory knows the famous first pilot canceled of the program, which showed a completely different Sheldon and Leonard. At that time Not even Howard and Raj had shown up., and the team was considering different names to include in the cast. And even before that first test, one of the actors designated to play a leading character was Macaulay Culkin.
The actor could have participated in one of the most successful series in history, but he decided to let the train pass
During an interview at The Joe Rogan Experience, Culkin confessed to having received several requests to participate in the series. According to the actor, the team was so insistent that He had to clarify his decision to them up to three times different, and it was clear that I wouldn't be able to play a good role in a sitcom:
I didn't see myself doing a sitcom or a television series of that type, a good one, I would do it. They chased me for The Big Bang Theory and I said, “No.” The tone was something like: “These two geeky astrophysicists and a pretty girl live together.” They told me we would have real physicists doing math but I said, “I'm fine, thank you.” Then they called me again and I said, “No, no, no. I'm flattered, but no.”
Macaulay Culkin with his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Culkin flatly clarified how He refused to accept a role in The Big Bang Theory which, although not officially revealed, appeared to belong to Leonard Hofstader (Johnny Galecki). Although he does not regret his decision, Culkin also admitted that his representative was close to agreeing, and economically the offer would have been difficult to reject. This is what the actor stated:
Then they came back again, and even my representative almost gave in. He would have hundreds of millions of dollars right now if he had done it. But at the same time he would hit me on the head
The truth is that the immense fame of The Big Bang Theory reached such a level that The main actors reached a salary of one million euros per episode. It is evident that the decision was not correct From a work point of view, however, after his bad experiences with money and fame, Culkin is proud that he didn't do something he really wouldn't have wanted to do..
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