Rauch Plays 60-Foot Demon Bernadette on 'Stuart Fails' — SkimNews
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- Melissa Rauch appears as a 60-foot demonic Bernadette in "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe" Season 1 Episode 3, titled "Spoiler: Bert Is Magic," now streaming on HBO Max
- In the magic-themed alternate universe, Bert (Brian Posehn) discovers he's a wizard who can turn Coke into Diet Coke, while Stuart's comic shop is renamed "The Wizard's Sleeve"
- Bernadette tells the group she's been "out of business" because the "Wizards Guild of America claimed I used my powers while we were on strike" — a line Deadline's coverage frames as a WGA-strike roast
- Wil Wheaton appears as a wizard warning Stuart not to trust Bernadette; she turns out to be a demon who grows giant and destroys Pasadena before Bert evacuates the group
- Rauch wore a motion-capture suit for the first time, walking through a purpose-built miniature Pasadena to crush buildings and "pick up little versions of people and yell at them"
- Chuck Lorre personally called Rauch to pitch the role, telling her she'd play "a different version of Bernadette" alongside original Big Bang cast members Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn, and John Ross Bowie
Why it matters: For Big Bang fans, Rauch says the demon twist amplifies "the edge to Bernadette" she always played, justifying the darker register. She walked through a hand-built miniature Pasadena in a motion-capture suit for her first time doing mocap — a production scale Rauch calls "truly extraordinary."
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