Nicolas Cage Was Up for This Classic Simpsons Character

Former Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein has revealed that Nicolas Cage was originally considered for the voice of Homer Simpson's nemesis, Frank 'Grimey' Grimes. Weinstein, who was hired to write for the show on a permanent basis in the early nineties, shared the little-known Simpsons trivia on Twitter in response to a tweet which asked: "Is Nicolas Cage a good actor, bad actor, or a good-bad actor?" He replied: "Nicolas Cage is one of the only other actors we considered asking to play Frank Grimes, before we realized Hank Azaria would be the ultimate Grimey. And Hank's performance was one of the best in the show's history." The Season 8 episode "Homer's Enemy" introduced us to Frank Grimes, the man who was everything that Homer wasn't. Grimes was intelligent and ambitious, yet he could never seem to catch a break in life. And all of his pent-up aggression burst forth when he encountered Homer, a happy family man with a house, a decent job, and just about everything that Grimes couldn't attain. To this day, Hank Azaria's Grimes remains one of the most popular peripheral characters in the series. Earlier this year, Azaria, the long-time Simpsons voice actor responsible for some of the show's most iconic voices such as Moe, Chief Wiggum, and Comic Book Guy, announced that he would no longer be the voice of Apu, the proprietor of Springfield's Kwik-E-Mart convenience store. The show came under fire for the portrayal of the character in the 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu, which explored negative stereotypes, racial microaggressions, and representations in popular culture. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-time-the-simpsons-predicted-the-future&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

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