{"id":878340,"date":"2026-10-11T07:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T07:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/878340\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T07:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T07:42:11","slug":"young-sheldon-star-iain-armitage-says-it-was-a-big-undertaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/878340\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Young Sheldon’ Star Iain Armitage Says It Was a ‘Big Undertaking’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cYoung Sheldon<\/a>\u201d aired its final episode in May 2024, and now, just over two years later, the cast of the CBS sitcom is getting candid about their experience filming the Sheldon Cooper-focused \u201cBig Bang Theory\u201d prequel and working with star Iain Armitage, who was just eight years old when the series began.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a recently released excerpt of Jessica Radloff\u2019s oral history, \u201cYoung Sheldon: The (Juicier-Than-Meemaw\u2019s-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy\u201d (via US Weekly<\/a>), cast members reflected on the challenges that came with working with a child star, as well as their thoughts on the experience and the pressure on Armitage in hindsight.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was a complete privilege to be on this show and play this character, but yes, it was a big undertaking for an 8-year-old,\u201d contributed Armitage, who played the titular character for all seven seasons. \u201cI always did the best that I could, and sometimes kids are not perfect. I was grateful to the people who understood that and gave me grace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe actor also recalled working with Raegan Revord, who played Missy Cooper. \u201cRaegan was so much fun to have as a sibling. It definitely did feel like a sibling relationship, and Rae was kind of the only other person on set who understood exactly what we went through, from being on set to going to school,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tRevord agreed that it was \u201cnice to have someone who understood that process.\u201d \u201cBut like siblings, you bicker and stuff happens,\u201d she admitted. \u201cIf you spend 12 hours, five days a week on a set, there\u2019s going to be arguments, and people are going to have clashing opinions.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tAnnie Potts, who played Meemaw Connie, acknowledged that because the show revolved around Amitage, \u201cthat is a lot for a little person to manage psychologically.\u201d She continued: \u201cHe was asked to work and carry the weight of something that would be difficult for an adult, and we know that a lot of behavior comes out in situations like that. Yes, sometimes he was difficult. But I\u2019ve worked with grown-ups who were a lot worse. Sometimes I think he was tired, and sometimes I think he pushed people, and people were kissing his ass! It\u2019s a very challenging situation to be 9 years old and be expected to work, behave, and think like a grown-up. And I say that with absolute love and respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYoung Sheldon\u201d was so successful that the prequel inspired it\u2019s own spinoff, \u201cGeorgie & Mandy\u2019s First Marriage,\u201d which premiered in 2024.<\/p>\n

\n\tRadloff\u2019s book is due out Oct. 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cYoung Sheldon\u201d aired its final episode in May 2024, and now, just over two years later, the cast…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":878341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,80355],"class_list":["post-878340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-young-sheldon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}