Jason Biggs recast as Leonardo. Seth Green to replace him
 

So for those who watched the Pizzaface episode knows that Leonardo has been recasted for the episode. What we don't know if this is only a one-episode thing or if this is a permanent replacement.

The original cartoon series sometimes replaced Donatello or Shredder for an episode with a different VA when their actors were too busy in real life. But I can't think of any modern cartoon that replaces a VA just for one episode, its usually a permanent replacement.

Keep in mind voice work for shows are usually recorded months in advance. Today's episode was probably recorded back in January. So this could have been a long time coming as a reaction to Jason Biggs controversial comments months ago, (as the episodes he already recorded would have been done while that was going on). Discuss.

What "controversial comments" did JB make? I hadn't heard anything about that.

I haven't seen this episode yet. How did the substitute actor sound?

As I said on tumblr, maybe they recorded that episode during his wife's pregnancy and he had to be there for an appointment.

It was one of the episodes they showed a clip of at a comic con, as was the Manhattan clip of Splinter of Shredder. Which I find odd, seeing as both episodes have screened mid season, you'd have thought they would've shown an earlier episode for a preview. I don't know if that indicates when they did actual voice recording though.

I don't think Dominic Catrambone (the 'new' guy) sounded that bad. He did one of the games too, which featured pretty much everyone else from the current cast.

He said some crap online, and we spectualated that he was fired. I didn't think that happend but maybe it did. It is possible that he couldn't show up for the recording session and they just had a fill-in.

It was back in 2012 I believe. So awhile ago.

And, personally, I thought his overall performance was pretty good. It just sounded like Jason Biggs had a cold or something, just a little off to me.

I think as well there were some photos circulating of the cast recording in the studio and Jason wasn't in any of them. That's happened a couple of times. Put the wind up a few fangirls.

Pretty sure that was over instagram when Cipes put a video up of the studio.


I can't remember it happening more then once though.

Funny how Leo only had like 5 lines in the Pizzaface episode. Good thing he wasn't recasted in an ep he had a major role in.

I'll be really disappointed if they recast Biggs due to the whole twitter incident. That shouldn't be something that's held over his head because of an oversight on the Nick Promotional team. Anyone with two brain-cells to rub together knew that Biggs' personal Twitter Feed wasn't meant for children, and it was really crap planning on Nick's part to link to it.

Having said that, Biggs often "phoned in" his recording sessions, as he lives in New York and Nick Studios is in California. That they've actually used someone else's voice is far more damning than him not being in studio pictures.

If it's true that he has been fully recast, that'll be one more nail in the coffin for this show for me.

And what were the other nails in the coffin?

Jason's a busy guy with his acting but he's also controversial. He just did a video which was produced by PETA, begins with Biggs cheerfully saying, “When I have kids I can’t wait to take them to SeaWorld,” followed by him muttering, “maybe they’ll get lucky and see one of the trainers get their legs ripped off.”

I-Is he a PETA supporter :teek:

Or he just did it for a paycheck.

Not sure, but he is definitely not a fan of SeaWorld. He gets pretty explicit and says about SeaWorld:

He probably said it for money. I'm sure PETA tosses around a lot of money just to get anyone to support them.

Also note that you never see Jason Biggs with the rest of the cast, when there at a Con like Comic Con and such.

Is he really that busy that, he can't find a time to join the rest of his cast mates for an appearance at a comic book convention?

Your mileage may vary, but I'm not really happy with the direction the show has taken this season. I find the episodes to be inconsistent both story-wise and in terms of characterization. Established characters are left underutilized and undeveloped in favor of introducing new ones. Which I'm sure is great for toy sales, but doesn't make for compelling entertainment.

This cartoon was so solid, and now it's less so.
It's disheartening.

This isn't entirely true. Sure he doesn't go to as many cons, but he's appeared at the last to SDCCs for signings and panels.

Here's the video he shot dissing SeaWorld.

His hatred of SeaWorld seems pretty sincere.

In his defense, Sea World is pretty effing horrifying.
Animals as intelligent as Orca really shouldn't be enclosed and on display like that.

But that's neither here nor there.

So will his Seaworld rant cost him his role as Leo?

I won't lose any sleep.

I saw the credits for the new episode and Dominic's role is in the secondary list of characters and isn't listed alongside Rob, Greg, and Sean.

Needless to say personally if it was official, they would have put his name with the rest of the main voice actors to give him recognition. They didn't list him as a main actor, so I'm going to believe that he's still not and this was a one off thing.

Being this episode was SO filler, I wouldn't say Biggs was held with a gun to his head and made to show up.

The only underused characters are the mutants of the week and they're underused for a reason. The entire main cast and major villains got plenty of focus.

I didn't even notice the change.

Honestly if no one said anything I might not have noticed either. Only one of his lines sounded off.

Congratulations, your mileage varies.

It's not mileage, it's the fact that characters are developed on the same as season 1 was, it's just now the characters aren't new anymore and we're used to the quirks and antics of the characters whereas in season 1 we were seeing it for the first time.

I also fully expect the Karai/Miwa plot to be resolved at the seasons end as well as the Kraang to retreat to Dimension X.

That's not a fact, it's your opinion. Hence the "your mileage may vary" remark.
In short: I disagree with you.

If you like this season, congratulations! You like a thing!
This season isn't living up to my expectations. That doesn't make my opinion wrong.

I bet it's entirely due to the way April is handled. Isn't it?

Because you clearly didn't read it the first time:

So according to some new tweets it seems Leonardo might be replaced permanently.

I wonder why they decided to fire Jason Biggs?

Major bummer. I actually thought he was a pretty great Leonardo. Oh well.:(

I liked him as Leo too......sucks...but at least the new voice actor doesn't sound too different.

That's true. I actually didn't notice it while watching Pizza Face.

Credit where credit is due, the replacement is quite good.

Any sources for this Twitter kerfluffle? Because I'm not seeing it.

Yeah, I loved Jason as Leo, he did a great job with Leo's character and how he combined his role as a leader with his more goofy/playful side, he had a great vocal range as well, being able to portray his character in different ways.

But I'm certainly glad Dominic is doing a good job from what we've heard.

He definitely has Jason's way of speaking right, some lines were a little too soft but when he gets more into his role it should be fine. His voice is a little bit rougher (for lack of a better word) but I'm sure we can get used to it.

Hmm, I thought he was replaced because he was busy. Dominic posted on Twitter yesterday, and I have the feeling he may be a temp.

You know as much as I love this show I do have to agree with this, it is a little disappointing how they handle they main, most engaging storylines and characters. I hate how they use Mikey and how they flip flop between filler episode, karai episode, kraang episode, filler, filler, kraang, etc...

Although my mileage varies in that in doesn't lower my love of the show any, just makes me a tad disappointed. I think perhaps some of us are still used to the structure of the 2k3 show, which is what I would prefer.

Tweets from who?