Jim Parsons: No More Sheldon, New Broadway Role

0:00On April 21, Jim Parsons, the man behind Dr. Sheldon Cooper on the Big Bang Theory for 12 Seasons, just shut down any talk of a comeback. On the view, this past April 17, while hyping his Broadway gig in Titanic, the 53-year-old actor flat-out said no to a reboot, that quirky physicist, with a triple knock-in-cow-spot, became a TV icon, but Parsons is done. He got real about why, explaining there's so much of himself baked into Sheldon, not the genius bits, but plenty of his own quirks. After 12 straight years, the role feels too close to home for him to jump back in. Fans still flood him with love for it, and no wonder, it netted him 4 prime time Emmy wins and defined his career path. The shows and after Seasons 12 caught his castmates off guard when he bowed out. Parsons did dip back in for the young Sheldon spin-off, proving he hasn't fully ghosted the universe. As Sheldon etched in comedy history, Parsons keeps evolving, trading sitcom sets for

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