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Smashing Interviews Magazine caught up with Annie Potts in late September 2022, asking the acting legend about her Hollywood journey so far. This inevitably led to some “Young Sheldon” discussion, with Potts admitting that she hadn’t watched “The Big Bang Theory” before landing the role of Meemaw. “I was not a ‘Big Bang’ watcher, sort of not my generation. When I started this show, I watched it a few times just to see if there was something I needed to know,” she explained, highlighting that her inexperience with the sitcom has worked in her favor. She’s used it to make her take on Meemaw entirely her own.
Not only has Annie Potts gone out of her way to distance her take on Meemaw from June Squibb’s rendition from “The Big Bang Theory,” but for every episode, she’s worked extensively on her character’s appearance. Potts spoke to Glamour for a bit about the Meemaw role, noting that she doesn’t require someone to do her makeup for her. She revealed, “I do my own makeup too, so the whole thing takes 30 minutes from start to finish…I use blue eye shadow a lot because that’s still the gold standard in Texas.” Potts also mentioned that the Meemaw wig isn’t nearly as heavy as it may look.
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Despite missing out on “The Big Bang Theory,” it’s hard to deny that Annie Potts has knocked the role of Meemaw out of the park on “Young Sheldon.”
