Montana Jordan’s favorite part as Georgie Cooper on Young Sheldon.

Few spin-offs in television history have been as successful as Young Sheldon. It certainly never hurts when the show that spawned the spin-off, in this case The Big Bang Theory, was hugely popular in its own right, very similar to how “Cheers” ended up giving birth to “Frasier.” Instead of going the sitcom route, this series focused on Sheldon Cooper’s youth growing up in Texas, using a multi-camera format without a live audience. A small part of the show’s appeal is getting to know Sheldon’s family, including his younger brother Georgie, named after his father.

Young Georgie Cooper was played by Montana Jordan in all 141 Young Sheldon episodes over seven seasons. So what draws a young actor like Jordan to a role like this, especially for such a long time? In a 2021 interview with Glitterthe actor talked about what initially attracted him to the play. In short, the role of Georgie coincided with Jordan’s real life.

“When I first read the role of Georgie, I thought I was reading an autobiography. Everything had to do with my life in Texas. I used to play football and I was always in trouble because of the dirty room. I mean, I could sit here and name 100 things Georgie and I have in common.’

Jordan may be in his 20s, but when the show first aired in 2017, he was just starting out as a teenager. Actors tend to draw from life experience as much as possible. With Georgie reflecting his life up to that point, it’s understandable why Jordan would be interested in the role. It also explains why Chuck Lorre and the producers saw fit to cast him.

The main cast of The Big Bang Theory has moved on to other projects in Hollywoodbut Jim Parsons, who played Sheldon Cooper in every episode of the show, continued the franchise as executive producer of Young Sheldon, in addition to acting as narrator. So he could definitely tell who would be playing various members of Sheldon’s family, including his brother Georgie.

Later in the same interview, Jordan got a little more specific about what he enjoys most about playing Georgie on the show. For the young actor, it all came down to taking the place of his older brother. It was significantly different from his real life.

“The coolest part for me is getting to play the older brother. I have two older sisters in real life, so I’ve always been the younger one and they picked on me, but oh, how things turned out on this project. Missy and Sheldon are better off follow”.

While this show may be over, the Big Bang Theory universe lives on. CBS recently began airing a new spin-off, Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage, in which Montana reprises her role as Georgie alongside Emily Osment’s Mandy McAllister.

Young Sheldon is now streaming on Max, or you can get the complete series on Blu-ray/DVD via Amazon.