Earlier this month, Hulu announced that the forthcoming ”Litter king“Revival will see Ronny Chienng take over The recurring guest role for Kahn Souphanousinphone from the show’s original run. The decision meant that the Asian character, formerly one of several parts expressed by Toby Huss, would be expressed by an Asian artist for the first time.
Now IndieWire can exclusively reveal five new guest stars for the show long -awaited 14th seasonOf which several are similar revisions of old recurring characters with color actors. In addition Keith David And Anthony “Citric” Campos has joined the series as new characters.
David will play the new character Brian Robertson, who rented the House of Main Character Hank (the series co -creator Mike Judge) between the events in the show’s original seasons and the revival and integrated into Hanks Vängtrupp. Campos will play Emilio, a chef at the Dallas restaurant in Hank’s adult son Bobby (Pamela Adlon).
Returning characters Ted Wassanasong, Chane Wassanasong and Joseph Gribbble have all been reworked with new artists. Ted, a laotic businessman and the economic supporter at Bobby’s restaurant, will now be expressed by Kenneth Choi, after being previously expressed by Huss in the show’s original driving. Chane, Ted’s son and Bobby’s former childhood bull and now business partner, will be expressed by KI Hong Lee; He was previously expressed by Adlon. Joseph Gribbble, Bobby’s half -native best friend, will be expressed by comedians Tai Leclaire, after originally expressed by Breckin Meyer.
The creative team of “King of the Hill” has previously been open to the opportunities to rework for resuscitation. 2023, while the season was still under development, co -creator Greg Daniels said in one Interview with TVline That he was not sure if Kahn would return to the revival, but in the event that he did: “We would probably replace Toby’s voice for Kahn. As if we threw today, we would not have thrown him. But we threw it in 1997.
“Most animation throwing plays several roles, and Toby Huss initially played (Hank’s father) Cotton Hill and was thrown for it, and then Kahn later came,” Daniels told Tvline. “And most productions, especially then, did not have the budget to hire a special artist for each vote. But it’s different now.”
During the years since “King of the Hill” went into the air, the subject to throwing racially suitable voice actors for animated series has become a more controversial issue. Documentary film 2017 “The problem with APU” ignited the conversation over Hank Azaria and expressed the Indian “Simpsons” character, which led to Azaria going down from the role. In 2020, a wave of voting rework occurred after the Black Lives Matter protests from the summer: Jenny Slate went down from the role of Black Middle-Schooler Missy in “Big Mouth” and was replaced by Ayo Edebiri, Kristen Bell was replaced by Emmy Raver-Lampman in Soicing in Soicing Mix TV+ Series “Central Park” and “Bojack Horseman” star Alison Brie apologize publicly To express a Vietnamese character in the series.
The original “King of the Hill” premieres first in 1997 at Fox and ran for 13 years before its last season wrapped in 2010. In the lead role as propane salesman Hank Hill, the series, circles about Hank, his family and their friends in the small town of Arlen, Texas. Set for his realistic and founded humor, the show developed a cult that followed and won two Emmys during the race.
The Upcoming season 14 Hank and his wife Peggy (Kathy Najimy) follow when they return and be adjusted to the Arlen, after spending a year living in Saudi Arabia selling propane to serve their pension money. Their son Bobby, formerly a child in the original series, is now an adult who runs a restaurant in Dallas with his childhood friends. Alongside judges, Najimy and Adlon, the revival also has Johnny Hardwick, Stephen Root and Lauren Tom in the lead role. In addition, Huss will take over the role of Dale Gribble, previously expressed by the late Johnny Hardwick. Deadly voice actors Brittany Murphy and Tom Petty, who expressed the characters of Luanne and Lucky, will not be reworked for resuscitation. In addition, season 14 will contain the late Jonathan Joss, who was shot and killed in June, in his final performance as the character John Redcorn.
“King of the Hill” comes from the 20th TV animation and is executive produced by original co-creator Mike Judge and Greg Daniels. Saladin Patterson acts as showrunner and executive, together with 3 art ‘Michael Rotenberg and Howard Klein and Bandera Entertainment’s Dustin Davis. All ten episodes of the season premiere on August 4.
