“Casting a mixed race character with a white actress undermines the specificity of the mixed race and Black American experience.”
The actress has voiced the character since the animated show debuted on Apple TV+ last month, but the role will now be recast with a Black or multiracial actress. The character of Molly is biracial.
"This is a time to acknowledge our acts of complicity. Here is one of mine," Bell wrote on Instagram on Wednesday, alongside a statement from theshows a lack of awareness of my pervasive privilege. Casting a mixed race character with a white actress undermines the specificity of the mixed race and Black American experience.
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