The executive producer and voice of Velma notes, “It’s animation, we can do anything.”
Kaling said when she and Grandy stopped by EW’sNew York Comic Convideo suite on Thursday.
“We were really inspired byInto the Spider-Verse it’s animation, we can do anything.
Mindy Kaling as Velma.Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic; HBO Max
The essence of Velma is not necessarily tied to her whiteness.
“It felt like it really kept the heart of the show,” Kaling says.
“As a fan, the one question I always had was how did these four people come together?
These four very different people,” Grandy says.
“And then also every week, they solve a spooky mystery; every week, they almost die.
It’s like, why?
What happened to them in high school that was so bad that this stuff rolls off their chest?
How are they able to keep going back?
Clearly they’ve gone through worse stuff.”
The 10-episode first season will debut on HBO Max in 2023.
