Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting may not have a secure future (yet) with Big Bang Theory, but she’s keeping busy on the set of her upcoming film, Burning Bodhi.

The actress has been holding out on renewing a contract with the hugely popular sitcom as she and her castmates are asking for more money–$1 million per episode–and, according to Instagram, is having fun playing a character who is completely different from Penny.

“Ok I’m here. Hair/makeup test for #burningbodhi .. So fun playing someone so different. Im up for the challenge #nofilter,” she captioned a selfie.

Cuoco-Sweeting has had a full couple of weeks; aside from preparing for her new role, she also threw her husband Ryan a surprise poolside birthday party, complete with real mermaids and a pop-up book cake. She also suffered the loss of a friend over the weekend when her former 8 Simple Rules co-star, James Garner, passed away.

The sitcom actress has received quite a bit of feedback on her new choppy haircut, some of which can be found on her Instagram posts; however, she has yet to respond to the critiques.

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