In an interview with Gold Derby, Melissa Rauch revealed that, behind the scenes, the cast of “The Big Bang Theory” could often be found playing ping pong. She hailed Kaley Cuoco and Kunal Nayyar as being especially good.
“When I first started, I would just watch tournaments,” Rauch said. “We would have blood tournaments against other TV shows. I’m terrible at it, so I was very happy that they didn’t write me playing because it would have been horrible. But we have some very talented ping pong players on set, so they were really going for it as we were shooting it. And I love the dynamic of these friends coming together to help clean out Mrs. Wolowitz’s (Carol Ann Susi) house while also just getting into their own bag of fun.”
Nayyar elaborated on the cast’s ping-pong passion during an interview with Parade. The Raj actor shared that, after a while, the competition became so intense that they had to stop playing. He said, “We had to shut down ping pong this past year because people started getting injured. Not badly, but knees were getting sore, and shoulders and wrists.”
Despite some bruises, the game is something that cast members, including Cuoco, still partake in. The actress revealed to People that, while filming the tumultuous second season of “The Flight Attendant,” she needed to find ways to separate herself from her work. She said, “We bought ping pong tables. I was playing ping pong.”
Hopefully, if there’s ever a “The Big Bang Theory” reunion, fans will get to witness a rematch between Cuoco and Nayyar, the latter of whom described himself to Glamour as the best ping pong player on set.
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