Variety is reporting that actor Kevin Richardson (The Cleaner) has been tapped to supply the voice of Lester, a white “redneck” who lives next door to Cleveland in the “Family Guy” spin-off, entitled “The Cleveland Show.”
Richardson is an African-American man, who will be doing the voice of a white character. Mike Henry is a white man, who will be doing the voice of Cleveland, an African-American character. Variety points out, that this situation should make for some interesting table reads, first of which will take place on Thursday.
Also joining the cast are Sanaa Lathan (Love & Basketball), who will play Donna, Cleveland’s new love interest. Donna is a single mom with two kids, one of whom will be voiced by Nia Long (Soul Food). Long will play Roberta, a rebellious teen.
“Cleveland” revolves around Peter Griffin’s pal Cleveland Brown, who decides to take his son and move to Stoolbend, Virginia, where he moves in with his high school sweetheart and encounters a new cast of characters.
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