Ayo Edebiri To Replace Jenny Slate On ‘Big Mouth’
August 31, 2020 7:32AM EDT
LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 21: (L-R) Ben Travers, Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas, and John Mulaney speak onstage at the #NETFLIXFYSEE Animation Panel Featuring “Big Mouth” and “BoJack Horseman” at Netflix FYSEE at Raleigh Studios on May 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images)
Big Mouth‘s Missy has a new voice.
Two months after Jenny Slate bowed out of playing the animated bi-racial character on the hit Netflix show, Ayo Edebiri will pick up the reigns.
The change will take place starting with the penultimate episode of the fourth season. Co-creator Andrew Goldberg told Variety it didn’t make sense to have Edebiri just redo Slate’s work, noting, “That’s not a way for her to make it her own.”
Speaking to Variety as well, Edebiri said the character is perfect for her, revealing, “I was definitely a very uncomfortable child, so I think the show speaks to that and a lot of those feelings, which still resonate with me as an adult.”
What do you think about the change? How much of an impact will this have on the character?
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