However, because Disney chose to fire James Gunn for his inappropriate jokes from years back, Goldthwait said on Instagram he believes it’s best for the company to remove his voice from World of Color because he’s also told inappropriate jokes over the years, and he assumes that goes against their employment policy.
It remains to be seen if Disney will actually remove Goldthwait’s voice from the upcoming attraction or keep it in.
After Hercules’ release in 1997, Bobcat Goldthwait voiced Pain (Hades’ minion who is typically alongside Matt Frewer’s Panic) again for several cartoons, direct-to-video movies and video games, and now we’ve learned that he reprised Pain for a villains-themed World of Color show coming up at Disney California Adventure.
Goldthwait even mentioned his Hercules costar James Woods, who’s been no stranger to controversy, as well as brought up the 1985 film Powder, which was distributed under Disney’s Buena Vista Pictures banner and was directed by Victor Salva, who had been convicted of molesting a child actor while working on his previous movie, Clownhouse.