![]() While few concrete details were offered up, Levin did note that the forthcoming season will “explore a little bit more about kids advocating and becoming political.”Īt the same time, Flackett noted that the show will never be very topical in its comedy. Connor, the Big Mouth creatives also touched on Season 5, which is scheduled to debut this year. “We know we need to have a lot of different perspectives at the table,” Levin said. Going forward, the Big Mouth team will continue to make an effort to embrace authentic representation, both on screen and behind the scenes. “But I think it also just has a lot to do with who she is, as a person, and as a writer, because I think she identified with Missy growing up, and there’s something about Missy that you can’t fake.” Ultimately, Ayo felt right and maybe had a leg up because she was in the writers’ room, and had been part of all these conversations about how Missy was going to evolve,” he said. “We auditioned a ton of actors to play Missy. “It was a combination of events that led to a moment we were already exploring, but with the decision to change the casting, we discovered, this is the perfect moment to do that handoff.”įrom Goldberg’s perspective, the handoff was an “interesting process” because prior to joining Big Mouth‘s voice cast, Edebiri was already a writer on the show. ![]() She puts together a mosaic, and that mosaic of Missy comes to life, and that’s the moment we trade off,” Levin explained. ![]() In the ninth episode, she is in a funhouse and sees all different versions of herself, and they shatter. “We had already been deep in exploring Missy’s journey, her own awakening to her Black identity, and then also her struggle with self. Ultimately, Edebiri would take over the voice role from Slate in “Horrority House,” the penultimate episode of Season 4. Throughout production on the show’s first four seasons, Slate “always had questions and some hesitancy,” he added, “about whether it’s appropriate to represent a character who…presents to the world as Black and identifies that way.”īy the end of production on Season 4, he continued, which wrapped up right around the time of George Floyd’s killing, “we all agreed that it was the appropriate time to make the change.” Bill Hader Talks 'SNL' Anxiety, Tonal Challenges With 'Barry' & More Seasons Of 'Documentary Now!' - USC Comedy Festival
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