With its 12 seasons and big recognition, “The Huge Bang Principle” made stars of its important forged. Nevertheless, such a protracted stint in a preferred function can situation followers to affiliate the actor with their beloved character, which creates a possible downside for many who want to break from the mildew. In Kunal Nayyar’s case, he determined to go all in to remind audiences that he can play roles which can be extraordinarily completely different from his kind-hearted “The Huge Bang Principle” character Raj Koothrappali. To this finish, after “The Huge Bang Principle” led to 2019, Nayyar took a task within the Netflix sequence “Prison” — and what a task it’s. Within the ultimate episode of the present’s 2020 sequence 2, titled “Sandeep,” Nayyar portrays an especially memorable convicted assassin named Sandeep Singh. The episode revolves round an interrogation that turns right into a twisted negotiation when it seems Sandeep has data on two mysterious disappearances, however will solely speak if his calls for are met inside a strict time restrict.
Nayyar’s choice to deal with such a severe and chilling function so quickly after Raj was no fluke. In a 2020 interview with Metro, the actor defined that his reasoning behind taking such a stunning function was a mixture of alternative and a real want to discover one thing that was extraordinarily far faraway from “The Huge Bang Principle.” In his personal phrases:
 “There was undoubtedly [a deliberate decision]. It was not like, ‘Oh I am solely going to do this sort of work,’ however it got here on the proper time. It was undoubtedly what I wished to do. Additionally bodily, I am so recognizable from my voice, I am so recognizable from my face … it was essential to do one thing that utterly breaks the barrier.”
Nayyar wished to remind individuals of what he can do
Raj Koothrappali is clearly Kunal Nayyar’s best-known function by a prolonged margin, however the London-born star is definitely a really succesful stage and display actor with expertise that ranges from old-school Shakespeare to dramatic roles and voice performing. Other than wishing to remind individuals of his vary, he took the “Prison” function as a result of he genuinely cherished the present. Fortuitously, he additionally found that the casting director already knew his skills very properly:
“The half was already written, and I am near this casting director — I’ve labored along with her earlier than and he or she is aware of my work. She and I had achieved a play in London with Jesse Eisenberg, ‘All of the Spoils’, which was a dramatic play, so she knew that I had the flexibility. Individuals on tv have solely identified me as Raj from ‘Huge Bang’, However clearly, this particular person has identified me and seen me act in quite a lot of myriad of different issues.”
Nayyar wasn’t alone in his choice to make use of “Prison” to point out a special facet of himself, as “Recreation of Thrones” star Equipment Harington additionally joined the forged of the present’s sophomore season after the HBO fantasy drama led to 2019. It definitely wasn’t a foul profession transfer, seeing as “Prison” season 2 has an ideal 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, full with a really respectable viewers Popcornmeter score of 82%. As such, Nayyar was in a position to comply with up “The Huge Bang Principle” with a stunning and intense function in a well-regarded sequence.
