Hulu Fixed Their Justin Roiland Problem By Making His ‘Solar Opposites’ Character British
If only every high-profile firing in Hollywood could end with a The Mandalorian?
Back in January, both Hulu and Adult Swim cut ties with controversial writer, animator and voice actor Justin Roiland following news that he faced domestic violence charges in Orange County, California. The OC District Attorney would later finding his replacement – enter Dan Stevens.
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The Downton Abbey star and actor behind the Beast in the live-action Beauty and the Beast film has officially filled the role of the grouchy alien scientist Korvo on Solar Opposites, as revealed in the Season Four trailer released by Hulu yesterday afternoon:
Stevens’ stepping-up marks an advancement in his relationship with both 20th Television Animation, for whom he appeared in the animated Apple comedy Central Park, and Hulu, where he appeared in the Kumail Nanjiani-led miniseries Welcome to Chippendales.
We’ll see if the awkward draw-attention-to-it-but-don’t-directly-address-it approach to the recasting casts a shadow over the rest of Solar Opposites when Hulu releases the full 11-episode season on August 14.
