Things Only Adults Notice In A Bug's Life
By Emily Bell
Sometimes when watching an animated movie, you recognize the voice of a character but just can't place it. You know you've heard that voice before, but who is it? You just can't place the face. Then it hits you. Ohhhh! Oh? Oh. Yes, that's right, the voice of Hopper the, uh, grasshopper in "A Bug's Life" is none other than Kevin Spacey. Having this realization while watching the movie today naturally leads to some unpleasantness for adults.
In 2017, nearly 20 years after "A Bug's Life" debuted, multiple people accused Spacey of sexual assault. Spacey's entire filmography didn't age well as such, including (and perhaps especially) "A Bug's Life." As one of the relatively obscure titles in the Pixar library, at least in comparison to its mega-hit siblings like "Toy Story" or "Finding Nemo," it may come as a surprise to many viewers that Spacey is in the film, or rather has always been in the film, and you never noticed.
It's worth noting that in the 3D film "It's Tough To Be A Bug," featuring characters from "A Bug's Life" and created for Disney theme parks, Hopper is voiced by Pixar director Andrew Stanton. Any chance he might wanna re-dub the main movie?
