Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuoco told “little white lie” to get The Flight Attendant made

The Flight Attendant actress Kaley Cuoco told a “little white lie” in order to get her HBO Max adaptation off the ground.

Premiering in the US next week, the new miniseries is based on Chris Bohjalian’s 2018 novel of the same name, which Cuoco checked out just before its publication.

Chatting to Entertainment Weekly, the actress admitted that she had to fudge the truth at first to get things moving.

Recalling the initial conversation with her production company Yes, Norman’s staff, Cuoco explained: “They told me, ‘So you read the book ?You love the book?’ I said, ‘Oh yeah, I totally read the book.’ And I hadn’t read the book, but I knew I would like it.

“So I just kind of told a little white lie to get this stuff going because it takes a long time.”

Previewing her role as Cassie Bowden, the Big Bang Theory favorite explained: “No matter what I do in life, I’m silly. I don’t take myself too seriously, and we have brought that into the character.”

Co-showrunner Steve Yockey also shared: “When you sit down with her, she has this humour, and your brain is kind of running already like, ‘Oh, I can make this character as dark and messed up as she needs to be because Kaley is going to be playing the role and that’s going to bring this lift to it’.”