“There’s the sidelines Missy and the more sexually adventurous Missy, mirror Missy, and then also this Missy that she’s been discovering through hanging out with her cousins and really taking a look at her Black identity.” He continued: “This change of actor is a heightened version of that, but a good example of how our characters are always evolving.” Follow along Missy’s glow-up when season four of Big Mouth drops on Netflix this fall. Big Mouth’s Nathan Fillionloving biracial geek Missy will now be voiced by writer-podcast host-comedian-actor Ayo Edebiri.The announcement comes two months after Jenny Slate stepped down from. “It’s about Missy’s continued evolution as a person - that she has all of these different parts of who she is,” co-creator Nick Kroll adds. Co-creator Andrew Goldberg told Variety that Slate was originally going to voice Missy for the entirety of the season - they even sent it off to Netflix - but they didn’t want “Ayo to have to start her journey with this part by matching what Jenny did already.” So co-creator Jennifer Flackett found a “a really organic and cool place” in the second-to-last episode to make the switch. Edebiri, who was already set to join the Big Mouth season five writers’ room, booked the role after a series of auditions and has already recorded dialogue for season four, per Variety. Slate will continue to voice Missy until the penultimate episode of the fourth season. Me irl: Animated me: /tJDH1XN5Wg- Ayo Edebiri August 28, 2020 So I don’t think I have to go too far to connect with Missy.” “I’m back home in my childhood bedroom right now and on my bookshelf in between A Series of Unfortunate Events is Bill Clinton’s autobiography and Nelson Mandela’s autobiography and a translation of The Iliad in Latin. ![]() “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,” she said. ![]() To any skeptical fans, Edebiri confirmed her nerd authenticity to Variety. The announcement comes two months after Jenny Slate stepped down from the role, apologizing for voicing a half-Black character as a white woman. Two months after Jenny Slate quit Big Mouth and apologized for voicing a biracial character, Missy, on the Netflix series, the animated comedy has hired Ayo Edebiri as her. Big Mouth’s Nathan Fillion–loving biracial geek Missy will now be voiced by writer- podcast host-comedian-actor Ayo Edebiri.
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