Lance Barber all the time knew his “Younger Sheldon” character, George, would die earlier than the present wrapped, and he was absolutely ready for that but in addition grateful he acquired to stay round for thus lengthy. He additionally felt that having a funeral for George simply made sense. “To take the experience with this household and their expertise, which we have been doing for seven seasons… why would not we wish to be part of them for this very important shift in all of their lives?” Barber stated to TVLine. And naturally, he needed to be a part of this heartbreaking, life-altering occasion.
To honor his character, alongside attending the funeral as Georgina, Barber additionally selected to lie in George’s casket for the scenes the place his household comes as much as say goodbye to him. So it truly is Barber’s head that Mary kisses when she utters her significant final phrases to George. Zoe Perry stated having George within the casket was a very efficient manner to assist her convey her character’s grief. “Once we’re taking pictures one thing and our producers ask me to go even additional into emotion, it isn’t troublesome after I’m speaking on to him,” she defined to TVline.
Barber additionally instructed the outlet that he had deliberate to make use of humor to defuse the extraordinary feelings on the funeral set. He had a fart machine, a pretend mustache, and comedy tooth all able to go, however he discovered himself unable to tug any pranks when the characters gathered to memorialize George and the solid got here collectively to mourn the tip of “Younger Sheldon.” “I used to be an absolute mess as quickly because it began. … I did not do any of my humorous little bits as a result of it definitely hit me emotionally,” Barber stated.