02-25-2015, 02:38 AM
Yes I suppose if they'd given him curls, he'd have looked stereotyped. I think sometimes we have problems separating a religion, from a culture.'Despite playing a Rabbi, Helberg says he’s not a religious person, and doesn’t really see Wolowitz that way either.
“I was raised Jewish and had a bar mitzvah, and I'm definitely more reformed and confused maybe. It's something that I would try not to even associate the character on the show being the Jewish guy because I think they've added so many wonderful layers to him.' By putting together bits of info from many sources, I think we can recreate how they constructed these characters. Those two lines by Prady, based on a real person.' And Howard's look seems to be an exaggerated version of Simon's.> When it comes to Wolowitz’s eccentric wardrobe, some of his fashion choices are inspired by Helberg’s own personal style.
“It's funny because I used to sort of like have shaggy, Beatlesy hair. And that was cool, I thought. And then I went into the audition, and they were like, ‘Oh, my God, and your hair, it was perfect. It was so nerdy. Like, keep it like that.’ That's happened quite a bit to me where I'll be playing a nerd, and they're like, ‘What about those pants you wore to the audition?’ When I would leave the studio and just look the same, I started to feel like… I didn't look quite as drastic. They flat-iron it, and it looks more like Moe Howard as opposed to John Lennon, hopefully. So I've embraced it. I enjoy looking kind of as bad as I possibly can,” says Helberg.' http://www.ctv.ca/TheBigBangTheory/artic...ang-Theory
“I was raised Jewish and had a bar mitzvah, and I'm definitely more reformed and confused maybe. It's something that I would try not to even associate the character on the show being the Jewish guy because I think they've added so many wonderful layers to him.' By putting together bits of info from many sources, I think we can recreate how they constructed these characters. Those two lines by Prady, based on a real person.' And Howard's look seems to be an exaggerated version of Simon's.> When it comes to Wolowitz’s eccentric wardrobe, some of his fashion choices are inspired by Helberg’s own personal style.
“It's funny because I used to sort of like have shaggy, Beatlesy hair. And that was cool, I thought. And then I went into the audition, and they were like, ‘Oh, my God, and your hair, it was perfect. It was so nerdy. Like, keep it like that.’ That's happened quite a bit to me where I'll be playing a nerd, and they're like, ‘What about those pants you wore to the audition?’ When I would leave the studio and just look the same, I started to feel like… I didn't look quite as drastic. They flat-iron it, and it looks more like Moe Howard as opposed to John Lennon, hopefully. So I've embraced it. I enjoy looking kind of as bad as I possibly can,” says Helberg.' http://www.ctv.ca/TheBigBangTheory/artic...ang-Theory