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Kate Herron spoke to Insider about how she got actress Tara Strong to voice Miss Minutes. - Herron said that Strong was the "right person" to voice the Time Variance Authority's mascot.
"Loki" director Kate Herron opened up about how legendary voice actress Tara Strong got cast as Miss Minutes on the new Marvel series.
"Tara is incredible and I think we were just trying to think of the right person for that voice," Herron told Insider in a new interview on Tuesday.
Miss Minutes, the animated mascot for the Time Variance Authority (TVA) who's shaped like a clock, was first introduced in teasers and key art for the series.
The series premiere of "Loki," released Wednesday on Disney Plus, showed the character giving Tom Hiddleston's Loki a "Jurassic Park"-inspired explanation of the TVA's origin and mission to preserve the proper flow of time and prevent a "multiversal war."
Strong is well-known for her extensive voice work over the years, including Bubbles in "The Powerpuff Girls," Ben Tennyson in "Ben 10," Raven in "Teen Titans," and Twilight Sparkle in the "My Little Pony" shows. She's also voiced DC Comics characters like Harley Quinn and Barbara Gordon.
Herron said that the "Loki" team reached out to Strong after the show's casting director, Sarah Finn, mentioned the voice actress.
"We all knew of her work and it was just so exciting," Herron said. "We spoke to her about it and she read for the role and we were hearing her read against the animation and we were like, 'Oh, this is incredible.'"
The director also said that Miss Minutes' voice and dialogue felt like a combination of influences from the cast and crew of "Loki."
Head writer Michael Waldron is from Georgia and Mobius actor Owen Wilson is from Texas, while Herron, Hiddleston, and much of the rest of the team are British.
"Tara has already done so many iconic characters and I think this is hopefully another one that will be added to that group," Herron said. "But I'm very grateful that we got her and she gave her time and talent to bring this Miss Minutes to life."