In The Big Bang Theory, Mayim Bialik plays Dr. Sheldon Cooper's equally smart and offbeat girlfriend, Amy, and it's no secret that the actress and the actor who plays Sheldon, Jim Parsons, are really good friends off screen.
The actress earlier admitted in her Kveller blog that she did not care much for Disney's animated movie, Frozen, saying that she did not like how the lead characters Queen Elsa and Princess Anna were portrayed. So when it came to her co-star's new movie Home, where he lent his voice to the lovable purple alien called Oh, what did Bialik have to say?
"Even if Jim Parsons wasn't my buddy, I would have fallen in love with the voice and persona of the character Oh. He is flawed. He is an outcast; most people find him annoying. He doesn't read social cues well at all," she wrote. "He is left behind a lot. But he's sweet. He wants to learn to be in relationships and he loves interaction. He is devoted and gentle and straight-forward."
At the same time, she has nothing but praises for Rihanna's character, Tip, and described her character as "a truly strong female lead."
Meanwhile, Bialik is not alone on her views. Even her sons loved Home, and her six-year-old son, Fred, noted that if Home were a Disney movie, then Tip's mother would have probably died.
The actress even commended Home for its "normalcy," saying that it is great they featured a single mother from Barbados and had a brown-skinned child with "a head full of awesome curly hair" as the lead character. Bialik said that they are not always the characters of choice for animated films, since other companies prefer "weirdly skinny" characters that "look like Barbie and Ken dolls."
The movie also stressed the importance of not judging people until you know them. According to Bialik, the movie did a great job in revealing that the villain is not actually a bad character even though he looks like one. People have to scratch the surface, she said, and it is actually okay to come from a single parent home and have an imperfect life.
She also appreciates that the movie is funny but not gross or "dumbed down." The script is well-written, she said, and there were a lot of references that were intended for adult audiences but the kids managed to still enjoy the dialogue and not feel left out.
