“Family Guy” needs a new actor to voice Cleveland, and Wendell Pierce wants to be that guy. Last month, actor Mike Henry announced he would be stepping aside from the role, saying, “persons of colour should play characters of colour.” RELATED: ‘Family Guy’ And ‘The Simpsons’ Cut Ties With White Actors Voicing Characters Of Colour Responding to the news on Twitter, Pierce threw his hat into the ring to take over voicing the character, launching the hashtag campaign #WendellIsCleveland.
But in an interview with NME, the actor said he still hasn’t been approached for the role. “I was amazed at this one tweet I put out one Sunday night thinking somebody might look at it and say yes or no and that would be it,” he said. “I woke up the next
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