Get your first look at… Wild Wild West.
There’s a new mayor in town: Sam Elliott has joined theFamily Guyvoice cast.
“We wanted to take the time to respect Adam,” executive producer Richard Appel tells EW.
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“In having a conversation about ‘How do you replace him?’
the universal belief was: he’s irreplaceable.
And then the next question is, ‘Do you find a new mayor?’
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Elliott’s character is actually Mayor West’s cousin, whose first and middle names are Wild.
That’s rightmeet Wild Wild West.
(Your first two peeks at the character are below.)
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How did Elliott respond to the job offer?
“He was reluctant,” continues Appel.
“He just felt like he didn’t want to play himself.
Which made us go back thinking, ‘Well, all right, is there someone else?’
And we thought, ‘Wait a minute, that note is a smart note.
Because that was more what Adam West was doing.
And the new mayor shouldn’t be another real-world celebrity playing himself within our fictional world.
And he responded very well to that idea.”
The profile and personality of the character are Elliott-adjacent.
Look for Wild to appear in a handful of episodes this season.
“It was a home run,” sums up Appel.
And everyone felt it the animators, the writers, the executives who were at the table read.
That’s always a hugely great sign that you’ve done a good thing for the show.”
Family Guykicks off season 19 on Sept. 27 at 9:30 p.m. on Fox.
(For real.)
Hints Sulkin: “It’s about what you’d think.”
