Big Bang Theory star defends The Flight Attendant role
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The Flight Attendant is back and its protagonist, Cassie Bowden, is just as impulsive as ever.
Despite the character becoming sober since last season's shenanigans and now juggling a flight attendant job with her new-found role as a CIA asset, critics and audiences have been commenting on her knack for making impulsive mistakes.
According to the show's producer Steve Yockey, this has been in part because Cassie has been "navigating recovery" this past season – treading a road filled with obstacles and mishaps.
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Speaking to Digital Spy and other media, Kaley Cuoco also defended her character's questionable decisions during this season, commenting that, despite Cassie's mistakes, it is her admirable ability to make audiences root for her that should be noted.
"Just like season 1, she made horrible choices, but you click into wanting her to do the right thing," said Cuoco. "You don't hate her for it. She's a lovable character. She has a big heart. She's had a lot of trauma in her life. And she's really trying to turn over a new leaf. And I think her friends and family do believe that – or most of them."
The actress also went on to add that her character is still trying, and failing in some ways, to cope with the events of last season, leading her to put on a "façade for everybody".
"She's trying to prove to everyone that she's better," she said. "But she is yet to prove that to herself, which is why we have the Mind Palace this season, and all these different versions of Cassie that she has to face, because she has not faced herself."
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It is Cuoco's hope that audiences continue to be on Cassie's side and "cheer for her, and want her to do well" despite her wrongdoings, because the show's underlying theme is "self-acceptance and forgiveness – forgiving yourself".
She added: "I think that Cassie's so busy trying to impress the world around her – her friends, her family – she is yet to truly look at herself, and accept the person that she is. She's multiple people. We all have different parts of our lives, and different personalities, and parts of ourselves that we hate, and parts of ourselves that we love. I think that's what's so cool about this season."
Cuoco also admitted that she and her character are on a similar journey of sorts: "being OK with mistakes that we all make every single day, and knowing that it's part of life".
"You see this ride that she goes on at the end and finally being OK with who she is. And that's all we can do in general, as people. I'm working on that myself."
The Flight Attendant, season 2 airs on HBO Max in the US. In the UK, it will premiere on Sky Max in May. The series is based on the book of the same name by Chris Bohjalian.
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