You may know Jenny Slate firsthand, or if not her voice: she plays Missy in the Big Mouth series on Netflix. More for a long time: the white actress announced to have thrown in the towel, claiming that she could no longer play the voice of a black character.
“At first, I thought it would be possible to play Missy because her mother is Jewish and white - like me (…) But Missy is also black, and the black characters in an animated series must be played by black actors ", She said Wednesday in an Instagram post.
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Kristen Bell recognizes her "privilege"
The four co-creators of the series apologized for having originally cast a white person for this voice. They promised to hire a black person.
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- nick kroll (@nickkroll) June 24, 2020On the same day, actress Kristen Bell, who voices Molly in Central Park , on Apple TV, announced that she was dropping the role, claiming that she lacked judgment on a "blatant privilege". The actress will however remain in the series, but will make the voice of another character.
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