Rick And Morty’s Spencer Grammer Loves That Summer Is Similar To Rick – Looper

Prior to the premiere of “Rick and Morty” Season 5 — notably before news of Roiland’s exit broke — Summer Smith’s voice actor Spencer Grammer discussed her involvement with “Rick and Morty” at length in a Comic Book Resources interview. Midway through the piece, author Brandon Zachary reflects on how Summer matures over the course of “Rick and Morty,” and even becomes more similar to her smart and cynical grandfather.

“I love how much Summer is like Rick,” Grammer told CBR. “I mean, I’ve wanted her to be more like Rick. I think it’s interesting to put that into a teenage girl, the idea of wanting to be successful or travel the world or just rebel. It’s a sort of anti-feminine way of looking at her, and I like having her be three-dimensional.”

Grammer then went on to describe how, concurrently with Summer becoming more Rick-like, so too is Morty developing some of his father Jerry’s characteristics. She also praised Beth’s character growth, which doesn’t necessarily benefit from a younger foil, but nevertheless sees her becoming an increasingly powerful presence among the rest of her family.

It’s entirely possible that recasting Rick and Morty ahead of Season 7 could open up larger roles for Summer, Beth, and Jerry, meaning that these character arcs as Grammer describes them may well become key to the show’s trajectory in the near future.