Josh Brener is a working actor. So, when he got the phone call to do a cameo in The Big Bang Theory spinoff, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, he said yes. However, he probably didn’t ask all that was involved with the part.
Therefore, imagine showing up to set and seeing an olive python hanging out in the green room, only to find out it would be wrapped around your neck. That is exactly what happened to him.
Kevin Sussman, who is Stuart, documented the behind-the-scenes moment when they put the snake on the guest star. You can see his expression change as they wrap the reptile around him as though it were a scarf.
Sussman put it perfectly: “Whatever they paid Josh Brener for this scene was not enough.” Although, after I wore a boa constrictor like a boa, I would do that for free. What would you do?
