Kristen Bell will no longer be voicing the role of Molly Tillerman on “Central Park”. The actress has voiced the character since the animated show debuted on Apple TV+ last month, but the role will now be recast with a Black or multiracial actress.
The character of Molly is biracial. “This is a time to acknowledge our acts of complicity. Here is one of mine,” Bell wrote on Instagram on Wednesday, alongside a statement from the ‘Central Park’ team. “Playing the character of Molly on ‘Central Park’ shows a lack of awareness of my pervasive privilege.
Casting a mixed race character with a white actress undermines the specificity of the mixed race and Black American experience.
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