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‘The Simpsons’ actor Harry Shearer weighs in on using white actors for non-white characters

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recent decision to stop using white actors for non-white characters.“I have a very simple belief about acting,” Shearer said Monday during an interview on Times Radio. “The job of the actor is to play someone who they’re not.”The issue has been a source of debate with regard to Fox’s “The Simpsons” since Hari Kondabolu’s 2017 documentary “The Problem with Apu” and last year’s announcement by Hank Azaria, Apu’s portrayer, to step away from the role.Though Shearer pointed out that he was not “opining” on whether the producers’ recent decision was a mistake, the actor said about playing a range of characters, “That’s the gig.

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