Non-white characters on 'The Simpsons' will no longer be voiced by white actors
Cartoonist Matt Groening, creator of"The Simpsons," poses with his characters Bart and Homer Simpson as he is honoured with the 2,459th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood.
The decision includes a recurring character from the series, launched in 1989 – Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a grocer of Indian origin voiced in the American version of the show by white actor Hank Azaria. "Moving forward, THE SIMPSONS will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters," Fox Studios said in a statement to AFP.
The announcement came as Mike Henry, the white actor who voices the black character of Cleveland Brown in Family Guy, another animated series produced by Fox, announced on Twitter that he was giving up the role.
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