In Kunal Nayyar's case, he decided to go all in to remind audiences that he can play roles that are extremely different from his kind-hearted "The Big Bang Theory" character Raj Koothrappali.

Kunal Nayyar was surprisingly fired from The Big Bang Theory after the pilot, leaving producers scrambling to save his role.

For Kunal Nayyar, who endeared himself to "The Big Bang Theory" fans as the adorably stylish, if socially awkward particle physicist Raj, devoting 12 years of his life to the series came at high ...