{"id":222935,"date":"2026-02-14T23:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T23:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/14\/will-ferrell-wanted-for-cameo-in-the-simpsons\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T23:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T23:50:08","slug":"will-ferrell-wanted-for-cameo-in-the-simpsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/14\/will-ferrell-wanted-for-cameo-in-the-simpsons\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Ferrell wanted for cameo in The Simpsons"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n

\n

Will Ferrell<\/a> is desperately wanted for a guest star role on The Simpsons.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Actor Will Ferrell<\/p>\n

Showrunner-and-writer Matt Selman is not giving up on his dream of adding the 58-year-old actor to the long list of celebrities who have made cameo appearances on the world’s longest-running primetime animated TV series.<\/p>\n

Addressing Will, via People, Matt, 54, begged: “Come on, Will. We keep writing great stuff for you.”<\/p>\n

Many A-listers – including singers Sir Paul McCartney, 83, and Britney Spears<\/a>, 44, music mogul Simon Cowell, 66, and the 79-year-old late Hollywood acting legend Dame Elizabeth Taylor – have been invited onto The Simpsons since the sitcom’s debut in December 1989.<\/p>\n

On December 14, 2025, actress Lindsay Lohan voiced an older version of Maggie Simpson – the youngest sibling of Bart Simpson (Nancy Cartwright), Lisa Simpson (Yeardley Smith), and child of Marge Simpson (Julie Kavner) and Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) – in an episode titled Parahormonal Activity.<\/p>\n

\nLindsay, 39, was honoured to have been involved with The Simpsons, and hailed her role as a “dream come true”.<\/p>\n

\nMeanwhile, The Simpsons airs its milestone 800th episode, titled Irrational Treasure, this Sunday (15.02.26) on Fox.<\/p>\n

\nAccording to IMDb, the episode sees “Marge’s crusade to get Santa’s Little Helper in better shape results in a trip to the National Dog Show in Philadelphia, where Marge and Homer find themselves – and their dog – mixed up in a historical conspiracy adventure”.<\/p>\n

\nSpeaking about the idea of the plot for Irrational Treasure – which guest stars the likes of actor Kevin Bacon, 67, record producer Questlove, 55, and 36-year-old actress Quinta Brunson – Matt joked: “Luckily, I have the best writers in the world who think of things for me, and I can just take the credit.”<\/p>\n

\nHe continued: “But they wanted to do a show, one of our funny travel shows set in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\n“We wanted to do the show about the emotional rollercoaster of pet ownership. And they also wanted to do a show that parodied a National Treasure-type Jerry Bruckheimer adventure movie.”<\/p>\n

\nAnd Matt says one moment in the 800th episode stands out for him.<\/p>\n

\nHe explained: “The speech Marge gives at the end about the journey and the emotional toll of owning a pet.<\/p>\n

\n“I think it’s as good as anything that the show has ever done in the spirit of [show co-creator] James Brooks’ harsh, tortured, real view of what it’s like to be a modern, emotional person in modern times. <\/p>\n

\n“So, as funny and silly as the speech at the end is, it’s [also] a love letter to [James]. It’s a love letter to the show. It’s a love letter to pets. It’s a love letter to Marge. I’m so proud of it.”<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\n<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


\n
Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

14 February 2026 Will Ferrell is desperately wanted for a guest star role on The Simpsons. Actor Will Ferrell Showrunner-and-writer Matt Selman is not giving up on his dream of adding the 58-year-old actor to the long list of celebrities who have made cameo appearances on the world’s longest-running primetime animated TV series. Addressing Will, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[383,7651,1269,76,13690,3846,217,4355,401,641,3632],"class_list":{"0":"post-222935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-britney-spears","9":"tag-jerry-bruckheimer","10":"tag-kevin-bacon","11":"tag-lindsay-lohan","12":"tag-matt-selman","13":"tag-meryl-streep","14":"tag-paul-mccartney","15":"tag-questlove","16":"tag-quinta-brunson","17":"tag-simon-cowell","18":"tag-will-ferrell"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}