Rick & Morty Season 7 features new actors playing the title characters after Adult Swim dropped Justin Roiland following allegations of abuse. The new actors are Ian Cardoni (Rick) and Harry Belden (Morty). They are not giving interviews due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, but series creator Dan Harmon and showrunner Scott Marder recently discussed the casting process and shared their thoughts overall on replacing Roiland.
Cardoni appeared in Clear History and has performed voice promos for the WWE and Apple TV+. Belden came up through Chicago and attended the Second City Training Center; he previously did voice work for Adult Swim’s Joe Pera Talks With You.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Marder said it was always the hope to cast two people instead of one. Roiland performed both Rick and Morty, and Marder thought it would be “unfair” to ask the same of someone else. For Harmon, he said casting two people instead of one should help the show continue in as seamless a way as possible.