The original film’s star, Julia Sawalha, has taken to Twitter to announce that she will not only not reprise the role of Ginger in Netflix’s Chicken Run 2, she wasn’t even allowed to voice test for the role she created because of what she called “ageism.”
Unless Sawalha asked for an exorbitant amount of money to return for the film, I can’t figure out why they wouldn’t want her back.
The reason they gave is that my voice now sounds ‘too old’ and they want a younger actress to reprise the role.
Last week I was informed out of the blue, via email, through my agent that I would not be cast as Ginger in the Chicken Run sequel.