Hank Azalia, voice actor behind many beloved characters The Simpsonsrecently featured his talent in an iconic cover. evil The song “Defing Gravity.”
he I shared the video Of his performances on social media, he features voices such as Chief Wiggum and Professor Frink just before the Oscars on Sunday, March 2nd.
Azaria humorously captioned the clip.
I worked on it The Simpsons Since 1989, Azaria has voiced many characters, including Moe Szyslak, director Chalmers, comic book man, and Snake.
During the Oscars, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Eribo kicked off the 2025 ceremony with medleys of “gravity,” “home,” and “somewhere above the rainbow.”
Both Grande and Eribo won nominations for their role evilGrande is in the category of Support Actress and Eribo launches for the best actresses.
In the support actress category, Grande's competitors included Felicity Jones.A brutal person), Monica Barbaro (The complete unknown), Isabella Rossellini (conclave), and Zoe Saldanya ultimately won the award for her role. Emilia Perez.
Meanwhile, Erivo's co-star faced Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Perez), Demi Moore (material), and Fernanda Torres (I'm still here), Mikey Madison won Anora.
lastly, evil We took home two Oscars for the best production designs and the best costume designs.
In other news, Azaria recently raised concerns about the possibility that AI could replace voice-focused actors. He shared his thoughts on Op-Ed New York TimesWritten: “I think artificial intelligence can quickly replicate the sounds of over 100 voices that we've created for the Simpsons characters for almost 40 years. Thinking about that makes me sad. Needless to say, it seems totally wrong to steal my likeness or sounds, or someone else's.”
Azaria continued to explain the depth of his character work, using MOE as an example. He appeared in almost every episode of The Simpsons. He was terrified with love, his head attacks, and most often in a state of bitter hatred. I've laughed as Moe in dozens of ways ever. I probably sighed as Moe 100 times. When it comes to AI training, it does a lot of work. ”
Azalia also shares his thoughts on the future of The Simpsonsrecently commenting when he thought the show might be. Please come to the end.
“You know, we're doing seasons 35 and 36. I think it's probably going to be 40. That seems to be going well,” he said.
