For those who are curious to get more information about "The Big Bang Theory" sitcom and its stars, Mayim Bialik (who plays Amy Farrah Fowler) has just offered five interesting details.
On her blog Grok Nation, Bialik shared that they actually work an entire week just to complete an episode consisting of 21 minutes. Fans might think that each episode is too short, but if it were long, then the entire cast and crew would have to work longer days.
"On a sitcom, we have five days to work on an episode until we tape it. In our case, we record with four cameras in front of a live studio audience. For those five days, we decide who stands where, who walks where, and we perform the episode in its entirety, in order, for our writers and producers at the end of every work day," she revealed.
The stars of "The Big Bang Theory" don't get to be divas on the set too, since they are not given any sick days. Even if they are sick, they still have to report to work.
"We pass around colds among the cast just because we are together so much," said Bialik. "Sometimes they bring a doctor to set to save us time from missing work, to see if they can help us feel better faster. But usually, we just come to work and do our best."
In fact, when they filmed Sheldon and Amy's kissing scene in the train back in season 7, Bialik had the full-blown flu.
"I was rinsing my mouth with peroxide between every take to avoid getting sick. He (Jim Parsons) was definitely feeling yucky, and he was a real trooper," she shared. "I think I can recall each one of our cast members at least twice being sick for a taping. I hope you'd never know it. We are, after all, professionals!"
It's a good thing too that they don't mind being together all the time, since the stars of the show genuinely like each other. "The cast is close. We care about each other. We know about each other's lives and although some of us are closer than others, we are all close," she said. "What a blessing to work with such a neat and talented and interesting group of people."
Bialik also said that the laughter generated by the show is real. They actually film in front of a live audience, and so if the audience does not laugh at a spiel, the writers would immediately change the script. But if they do, then everything is all well and good.
