Why did they remove Lola Bunny?

“Space Jam: A New Legacy” director Malcolm D. Lee and voice actress Zendaya told Entertainment Weekly in a new interview they were surprised by the outrage over redesigning Lola Bunny in order to make the character appear less sexualized. Lee confirmed the redesign in March, saying Lola’s original look from the 1996 …

Is Zendaya Lola Bunny?

Zendaya on voicing Lola Bunny in Space Jam: A New Legacy | EW.com.

Did Kristen Wiig voice Lola Bunny?

Currently, Kristen Wiig has a main role playing Jenny Hart in Bless the Harts. She voiced Lola Bunny in The Looney Tunes Show, replacing Kath Soucie, who voiced her in the movie Space Jam.

Is Lola Bunny sexualized?

Her figure and her body language is not exaggeratedly feminine or sexy. She isn’t turning any Looney Tunes into an ironing board. A New Legacy director Malcolm D. Lee told Entertainment Weekly that the sexualization of Lola Bunny in the original Space Jam was “not politically correct” and “unnecessary.”

Is Lola Bunny autistic?

Lola Rabbit is just like other little rabbits, but she sees the world differently. Lola is autistic. This means that sometimes Lola becomes afraid and upset when she hears loud noises, and Lola’s classmates don’t understand her behaviors. But then Bourbon Badger shows her kindness that she has never felt before.

What is the Lola Bunny controversy?

When Malcolm D. Lee signed on to direct Space Jam: A New Legacy, he knew that he wanted to redesign Lola Bunny. The character was “very sexualized” in the original film, and Lee set out to make a more fully realized version of Lola, but he wasn’t exactly prepared for the “super weird” backlash he would receive.