Harry Shearer Responds After ‘The Simpsons’ Announces White Actors Will No Longer Voice Characters Of Colour

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Harry Shearer, the voice behind Mr. Burns, Dr. Hibbert, Ned Flanders and many others, is speaking out after producers announced white actors will no longer voice characters of colour on “The Simpsons”.

Shearer, 76, has been a voice on the long-running animated series since 1989. Now, in a new interview with Times Radio, the actor appeared to criticize the decision, explaining that the job of an actor is to play outside of their own lived experience.

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The job of the actor is to play someone who they are not. That’s the gig, that’s the job description,” he says. While Shearer adds that he doesn’t have