Winnie the Pooh's Voice Actor Isn't Happy About Getting Snubbed by Disney's Hall of Legends

Jim Cummings, the dependable of Winnie the Pooh and respective different iconic animated Disney characters, wasn’t blessed astir getting passed implicit for a spot successful Disney’s Hall of Legends astatine D23 this year.

Disney’s Hall of Legends recognizes the champion and brightest of the studio’s actors, animators, executives, and different endowment that person made important contributions to its galore projects implicit the years.

Every 2 years, a fig of notable names are inducted into the Hall of Legends successful an elaborate ceremonial that takes spot astatine D23, Disney’s monolithic instrumentality normal successful Anaheim, California.

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Eleven radical made the chopped this year. The database includes stars similar Anne Hathaway, The Rock, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the Jonas Brothers, arsenic good arsenic erstwhile Disney CEO Bob Iger and seasoned animator Eric Goldberg.

One sanction not connected this database is Jim Cummings, a salient dependable histrion and vocalist with implicit 1,545 recorded roles crossed movies, tv series, and adjacent biology content. You astir apt cognize him champion arsenic the authoritative dependable of Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, and Pete, roles helium has played since the precocious 80s and aboriginal 90s.

Over connected Instagram, Cummings reposted remarks from fans to his stories, which specifically called retired Disney for not adding him to their Hall of Legends successful favour of newer faces who haven’t been with the marque for astir arsenic agelong arsenic helium has.

“The information that The Rock, Bob Iger, Jonas Brothers, and Lin-Manuel Miranda get this earlier Jim Cummings is inactive baffling to me… Come on, Disney,” 1 instrumentality wrote.

“Are you kidding? They inactive person not enactment 1 of the top Disney legends of each time, that is the Jim Cummings, who is the iconic [sic] Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Pete, Darkwing Duck, Ray the Firefly, and truthful galore more. This is unbelievable,” different said successful a 2nd station shared by Cummings.

Jim Cummings, the dependable of Winnie the Pooh and galore different Disney characters, shared aggregate posts earlier contiguous criticizing Disney for not inducting him arsenic a Disney Legend this year. pic.twitter.com/BVqc1h4bz5

He besides posted a video of himself walking astir the Anaheim Convention Center grounds to The Beatles’ The Sound of Silence, which notably features lyrics like, “Hello darkness, my aged person / I’ve travel to speech to you again.”

“Jim Cummings astatine D23. 40+ years. 1500+ characters. The dependable of generations. No comment,” helium wrote successful the post’s caption.

It’s wide that Cummings isn’t precisely thrilled astir getting passed up for a spot successful this year’s Hall of Legends, and his fans look to consciousness the same.

“Disney messed up large here. We each cognize you are a Disney legend. Please cognize we emotion you and you’re the best,” 1 wrote connected Instagram.

“The information that Jim Cummings isn't an authoritative Disney Legend makes the full happening consciousness a spot similar a farce, to beryllium honest,” different remarked.

Despite this unfortunate crook of events for Cummings, this year’s D23 did person a batch for fans to get hyped about, with archetypal looks astatine Kingdom Hearts IV, Frozen 3, and the formed of Marvel’s X-Men getting shown astatine its Friday nighttime showcase, among galore different breathtaking reveals.

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