Simon Helberg and Mark Hamill had a special relationship before The Big Bang Theory

Fans of “The Big Bang Theory” surely know that in the penultimate episode of “The Big Bang Theory,” Mark Hamill appeared as himself in the episode “The Bow Tie Asymmetry” – Where Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) and Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) get married. What maybe no But what we do know is that Hamill – whose first scene in the episode was actually with… Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) – He has known Helberg for many years.

Early in the episode, Hamill tracks down his dog, appropriately named Park Hamill, who Howard found, at which point the human Hamill does Howard a favor, leading to Luke Skywalker himself officiating Sheldon and Amy’s wedding. But what’s really weird here is that Helberg’s relationship with Hamill isn’t actually what brought him onto the show in the first place.

“Simon Helberg and my son Nathan were best friends because they were in school from seventh to 12th grade together,” Hamill told Jessica Radloff in her book The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive and Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series. which was released in 2022. “We were always supportive of it, so when this show happened, we didn’t call it ‘The Big Bang Theory,’ we called it ‘The Simon Show.’ Simon’s show is on! “We saw it early hoping it would be successful.”

“I tried to change the title to ‘Simon’s Show,’ but no one would listen,” Helberg joked in the book. “But yeah, Nathan, who is Mark’s oldest son, was my best friend for most of middle school through high school.” After excitedly talking about how many times he and Nathan Hamill had prank phone calls when they were younger, Helberg continued, “Anyway, there have been attempts to get him on ‘Big Bang’ a few different times, and I think I might make some of those attempts.” Obviously I didn’t do a good job because it didn’t finally come until the end of season 11, but it was really cool to do it with my friend’s father. He’s one of the most famous actors of all time, but yeah, there was something very cathartic about it, and the whole family was… There that night. Helberg knows something about great actors, as The Big Bang Theory tried to teach him He casts an iconic musician as his character’s father.