![]() ![]() ![]() “Again, what my dad brought to it - without even thinking because he was accessing his own character that was coming out of his own personality - was a wry intelligence, a little bit of a naughtiness, but Kermit always loved everyone around and also loved a good prank.” “Kermit has, as a character, flattened out over time and has become too square and not as vital as it should have been,” Henson explained in his own interview. I just gave lots of definitive notes via emails to this small group about character integrity and always tried to offer alternative solutions,” he told THR on Monday. “I didn’t yell, or call anyone names, or refuse to do my job. Whitmire defended his conduct with others in a previous interview with THR. I think the character is better served to remove this destructive energy around it.” “And I have always offered that if they wanted to recast Kermit, I was all for it, and I would absolutely help. “I have to say, in hindsight, I feel pretty guilty that I burdened Disney by not having recast Kermit at that point because I knew that it was going to be a real problem,” Henson told The Hollywood Reporter. Jim Henson’s son, Brian Henson, contends that this decision was built on years of conflict and disagreement. ![]() It’s not easy being green – and, apparently, it’s not easy voicing a certain green frog as well.Īctor Steve Whitmire inherited the role of Kermit from Jim Henson himself in 1990, but after 27 years Whitmire has been let go from the role. ![]()
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