Princewill Pius
Johnny Galecki will always be known to many fans as The Big Bang Theory‘s Leonard Hofstadter, however, if the actor hadn’t landed that role, he might have ended up doing something somewhat unexpected with his life. Galecki revealed on Larry King Now in 2015 that before TBBT, he experienced a lull in his acting career and went “about three years” without a gig. Money got so tight that he even sold his cello.
Luckily, Galecki’s pal had a suggestion. “My friend Bill in Chicago said, ‘You would be really good at bathroom and spa design,'” the actor explained. While Galecki embraced the idea, he actually took things a step further. “I said, ‘If I go and I learn — I’m going to go to Wisconsin where the Kohler plant is and then learn the plumbing of it all,’ — and I did.”
However, opportunity came knocking before Galecki could become a plumber. “I was in Wisconsin at the Kohler plant when I got a call to come and guest star on something and then that led to my Broadway debut and then while I was there, Chuck [Lorre, executive producer and TBBT co-creator] called about Big Bang.”
While nabbing his spot on TBBT was clearly a job that he couldn’t pass up, we can’t help but wonder if he still has any handy plumbing skills that he can put to use if a pipe springs a leak in his multi-million dollar house.
Written by: Nicki
