![]() “But look what you have here, and baby, you are a goddess.” “It doesn’t look like that princess over there, or that princess here,” Pratt said she’d tell her children. Liyah is 8 and Lyric is 11, and Pratt said animated characters have helped her explain to them why their natural hair looks different than that of White characters. Pratt has two children with her partner, Danny Kirkpatrick. “Shows like this are a helpful tool, especially for parents,” Pratt said. Pratt said she realized after starring in The Proud Family how important it was for kids to see characters like themselves in entertainment. Pocahontas in 19’s Mulan offered Native American and Asian princesses, respectively. It also released the animated movie, The Princess and the Frog, in 2009, marking the introduction of the first official Black Disney Princess. The Proud Family was part of Disney’s effort to portray more diversity. “It reminds you that there are other people out there who may not be exactly like you, but they have something like you in common.” “When you’re growing up, to see representation of yourself lets you know that you are not alone in this world,” Pratt said. Pratt said the new characters would open Louder and Prouder up to an even wider audience. Maya (Keke Palmer) and KG (Artist “A Boogie” Dubose) have moved into town with their two fathers (Zachary Quinto and Billy Porter).Īs The Proud Family already included Black and Latinx characters, Pratt said it was important to represent as many different people as possible. Louder and Prouder introduces new characters, too. “Just to have a character who is out and proud, fabulous and completely, utterly unapologetically themselves is really just so beautiful.” “It speaks volumes to other kids like me who are growing and figuring out their gender identity from the youngest of ages,” Johnson said. Louder and Prouder allows Michael to be openly queer. Michael was always flamboyant, effeminate and fashion loving. Pratt, 35, was 14 when she began voicing the role of a teenager embarrassed by her parents and getting into trouble with her friends.Īlisa Reyes also returns as Penny’s friend, LaCienega Boulevardez, Soleil Moon Frye as friend Zoey Howzer, Tommy Davidson and Paula Jai Parker as parents Oscar and Trudy Proud, and Cedric the Entertainer as Uncle Bobby.ĮJ Johnson, 29, steps in for Phil Lamarr as the voice of Michael Collins. “Addressing crazy social media and everything that’s going on in the world, it’s going to help them during their growing process,” Pratt said in a Television Critics Association Zoom panel.
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