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Kristen Bell Will No Longer Voice Mixed-Race Character in Apple’s ‘Central Park’
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variety.comWill Thorne Staff WriterKristen Bell will no longer voice the mixed-race central character of Molly Tillerman in the forthcoming Apple animated series “Central Park.”The decision to re-cast the role was announced via a lengthy statement from the show’s creative team, which said that “casting of the character of Molly is an opportunity to get representation right – to cast a Black or mixed race actress and give Molly a voice that resonates with all of the nuance and experiences of the character as we’ve drawn her.”Creator Loren Bouchard previously addressed the casting during a panel in Jan., at which point there was clearly no intention to re-cast the role.“Kristen needed to be Molly; we couldn’t not make her Molly.
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