Jenny Slate

“There will be something here for a lot of people because of the grief, the loss, the unknowns about how to move through grief.”

ONE OF THE FIRST YOUTUBE VIRAL VIDEOS WAS . Released in 2010 and created and voiced by Jenny Slate with. “Marcel says she’s got class—and she does.” What makes the film version of Marcel different is how unexpectedly deep and therapeutic it is. “Marcel, in different ways, has always felt incredibly important, boundary-breaking and self-affirming to me.” After the pandemic, a universal story of bonding with loved ones and reconnecting with family is not only what fans of Marcel needed, but it’s what Slate needed as well. “I received a lot of personal comfort and rehabilitation through playing the character.”