Jim Parsons reveals If he would return for ‘Big Bang Theory’ reboot

Jim Parsons is addressing the possibility of returning to the world of “The Big Bang Theory” for a potential reboot.

During an appearance on “The View,” the Emmy winner, 53, revealed that he was not interested in reprising the role of Sheldon Cooper after playing the beloved character for 12 seasons on the hit CBS sitcom, which ran from 2007 to 2019.

“I don’t believe I would do a reboot,” said the actor, who is currently appearing in “Titanique” on Broadway. “I can’t say I miss him, partly because, especially 12 years on a TV show where they’re writing for this specific actor, there’s a lot of me in that.”

He teased, “Not the genius part, but there’s a lot of me in that.”

After embodying the role for more than a decade, Parsons admitted, “There’s a lot about his qualities and just who he was that I still carry with me and I certainly still get so much reaction to it.”

Parsons shared that fan reactions still take him by surprise.

“The longer it goes on, I’m more and more surprised when people approach me about it,” he said. “Not because I’m stupid, but because I’m like, oh, it makes sense, but I’m just not thinking it, but it’s always really sweet.”

He added that fans often tell him that sitcom — which also starred Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch and Mayim Bialik — helped them through “sickness” or “a bad time in life.”

“It’s very moving because when you take a job as a younger actor on a sitcom TV show, I don’t think many people think it can have some sort of bigger effect than that,” he explained. “And that’s really sweet.”

While Parsons may not be up for a potential reboot, he reprised the role in the series finale of the “Big Bang Theory” prequel series, “Young Sheldon,” which starred Iain Armitage as the titular character.

Back in 2014, Parsons admitted during an interview on “Today” that it was “surprisingly easy” to play the theoretical physicist.

“I think that the writing is really good, and I think that there’s undeniably part of myself that understands what it is to feel outsidery,” he shared at the time. “Probably everybody does. I think that’s part of the reason the show’s so successful. But if you’re just willing to access that and tap into that, it’s not hard at all to feel like ‘no one understands me.'”

“The Big Bang Theory” is available to stream in full on HBO Max.