Harry Shearer exits 'The Simpsons,' his characters will be recast
http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...he-simpsons-producer-says-20150514-story.html
Ned Flanders and Mr. Burns might sound a little different soon: Harry Shearer is going to be replaced on "The Simpsons," the show's top producer says.
The actor - whose voice has been a fixture on Fox's animated comedy since it premiered in 1989 - tweeted late Wednesday that he is leaving the show. "The Simpsons" was just picked up for seasons 27 and 28.
"'Show will go on, Harry will not be part of it, wish him the best,'" Shearer wrote, passing on a message he said came from an attorney for James L. Brooks, one of the show's producers.
"This is because I wanted what we've always had: The freedom to do other work," he added.
Shearer later added that his exit "wasn't about money."
Al Jean, executive producer and showrunner of "The Simpsons," tweeted that Shearer had passed on a deal the other five other regular voice actors had accepted. That deal, he said, would have allowed Shearer to pursue other work as he has always done. Shearer's tweet was "confusing," he wrote.
Jean said that the voices of Homer's upright neighbor Flanders and other Shearer characters will be "recast if Harry does not return" - wording that seems to offer at least a possibility that the exit is not final.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...he-simpsons-producer-says-20150514-story.html
Ned Flanders and Mr. Burns might sound a little different soon: Harry Shearer is going to be replaced on "The Simpsons," the show's top producer says.
The actor - whose voice has been a fixture on Fox's animated comedy since it premiered in 1989 - tweeted late Wednesday that he is leaving the show. "The Simpsons" was just picked up for seasons 27 and 28.
"'Show will go on, Harry will not be part of it, wish him the best,'" Shearer wrote, passing on a message he said came from an attorney for James L. Brooks, one of the show's producers.
"This is because I wanted what we've always had: The freedom to do other work," he added.
Shearer later added that his exit "wasn't about money."
Al Jean, executive producer and showrunner of "The Simpsons," tweeted that Shearer had passed on a deal the other five other regular voice actors had accepted. That deal, he said, would have allowed Shearer to pursue other work as he has always done. Shearer's tweet was "confusing," he wrote.
Jean said that the voices of Homer's upright neighbor Flanders and other Shearer characters will be "recast if Harry does not return" - wording that seems to offer at least a possibility that the exit is not final.
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