" Iain Armitage finishes a photo shoot with a mix of smiles Ereck Flowers Youth Jersey , stares and know-it-all expressions, displaying the professionalism of someone who’s been acting twice as long as the 9-year-old's been alive.
The photographer, pleased with the range of moods offered by the boy, offers a high-five and gets another look: stone face.
“You have a lot of germs on your hand,” Armitage says, momentarily stunning the photographer before letting him in on the joke. “I was just being Sheldon!”
Translation: Bazinga! Say hello to Sheldon Cooper 9.0 of CBS spinoff Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory origin story that tracks genius Sheldon as a young germophobe Sterling Shepard Youth Jersey , also 9, who's entering high school in east Texas in 1989. The new series has a special preview Sept. 25 (8:30 ETPT) following Big Bang's 11th season premiere, then returns Nov. 2 (Thursdays at 8:30).
The idea that became Young Sheldon started with adult Sheldon, four-time Emmy winner Jim Parsons.
“We spent 10 years discussing Sheldon’s childhood on The Big Bang Theory, so a lot of the heavy lifting was done,” says executive producer Chuck Lorre. “We knew who his family was. We knew a good deal about his educational history.”
It can be a two-way street. Parsons says he's already seen a Young Sheldon story about the boy's model rocket evolve into a Big Bang reference to Sheldon accidentally burning down a garage in his youth.
Many details will be familiar to Big Bang fans. Sheldon lives with his protective, church-going mother Eli Apple Youth Jersey , Mary (Zoe Perry, Scandal); good ol' boy, football-coach father, George Sr. (Lance Barber); older brother and new classmate Georgie (Montana Jordan); and twin sister Missy (Raegan Revord). Beloved grandmother, or ""Meemaw"" (Annie Potts), resides nearby.
However, young Sheldon can't succeed as a direct translation of the intellectually domineering Dalvin Tomlinson Youth Jersey , socially obtuse Big Bang character, says executive producer Steve Molaro.
""We're not just writing adult Sheldon's words and putting them in Iain's mouth,"" he says. ""There are things Jim Parsons can get away with that when you have a little kid say it, he just comes off as bratty. And 9-year-old Sheldon has an endearing optimism and innocence ...""
""... which obviously gets smashed somewhere along the way,"" Lorre interjects. ""But we're not there yet.""
Even with that adjustment, producers needed a young actor who could channel Parsons’ ability to annoy while remaining lovable and also anchor the high-profile new series, which gets sarcastic seasoning via Wonder Years-style narration from Parsons.
""You tie in that link for people who are big fans of Big Bang and make that bridge all the stronger for them Evan Engram Youth Jersey ,"" he says.