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 just as popular. much like "Cheers" eventually gave birth to "Frasier." Instead of going the sitcom route, this series focused on Sheldon Cooper's younger years growing up in Texas, using a multi-camera format without a live audience. A small part of the appeal of the show is getting to know Sheldon's family, including his younger brother Georgie, named after their father.

A young Georgie Cooper played Montana Jordan in all 141 episodes of Young Sheldon over its seven seasons. So what draws a young actor like Jordan to such a role, especially for such a long time? In a 2021 interview with The shinethe actor talked about what initially attracted him to the show. In short, Georgie's role matched Jordan's real life.

“When I first read the role of Georgie, I thought I was reading an autobiography. Everything was according to my life in Texas. I played soccer and was always in trouble for having a messy room. I mean, I could sit here and name 100 things that Georgie and I have in common."

Jordan may be in his 20s now, but when the show first aired in 2017, he was just starting out in life as a teenager. Actors tend to draw from life experience as much as they can. With Georgie mirroring her life up to that point, it makes sense why Jordan would be interested in the role. It also explains why Chuck Lorre and the producers saw fit to give him a club.

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 series, continued the franchise as executive producer of Young Sheldon in addition to serving as narrator. So he certainly had a say in who would play the various members of Sheldon's family, including his brother Georgie.

Elaborating further in the same interview, Jordan spoke a little more specifically about what he likes most about playing Georgie on the show. For the young actor, it was all about filling the shoes of an older brother. It was a significant difference from his real life.

"For me, the coolest part would be to be able to play an older brother." I have two older sisters in real life so I was always the youngest with them picking on me, but oh how things turned out for this project. "Missy and Sheldon better watch out."

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 airing on Max, or you can grab the complete series on Blu-ray/DVD via Amazon.