Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“The Simpsons” fans might notice at least one long-running character sounds a little different in Sunday’s Season 32 premiere.In the episode, Carl Carlson — Homer Simpson’s nuclear plant co-worker, and best friend to Lenny Leonard — is now voiced by actor Alex Désert (“Better Things”).
Désert replaces Hank Azaria in the role, at least for that episode.The switch comes as “The Simpsons” producers confirmed earlier this summer that it would no longer have white actors voice non-white characters.
Azaria had voiced Carl, who is Black, since the beginning of the show (except for Carl’s first appearance, in the Season 1 episode “Homer’s Night Out,” where he was voiced by Harry Shearer).
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