(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 22 - The father of the Simpsons, Matt Groening, has announced that he has "ambitious" plans for Apu, the Indian grocer who left the scene last June after criticism of racism against the creators of the famous cartoon they had chosen a white actor to voice the character.
Speaking with Usa Today Groening said he was "proud" of the character who owns the well-known Kwik-E-Mart.
But he also announced that the Springfield grocer will not return until a new voice actor is found.
"We're working on something ambitious. That's all I can say," said the cartoonist who brought iSimpsons to the screen in 1989. Last January, Apu's voice actor Hank Azaria announced that, in agreement with the producers, he was leaving the film. role.
For years there had been public pressures on the character of Apu, considered a negative stereotype.
Azaria has also voiced other Simpsons characters over the years: black police officer Lou and Mexican-American Bumblebee Man, while another white actor Harry Shearer played Dr Hibbert, who is black.
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