According to TVLine, the search is on for a new Sheldon, and creator/executive producer Chuck Lorre, showrunner Steve Molaro and star Jim Parsons himself are looking for the perfect actor who is in the 8-11 age range and is capable of portraying a “socially awkward, one-in-a-generation genius.”
The casting notice also calls young Sheldon “confident,” which is nice, but it also contains a batch of other adjectives that no one wants kids to be, such as “short-tempered” and “fiercely ritualistic” and “arrogant.”
To be expected, a prequelized version of Sheldon Cooper won’t be on the opposite end of the spectrum from his adult self, as his signature quirks didn’t just spout up overnight in his early 20s.