Ed Sheeran is scheduled to appear in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons and will play Lisa’s crush, it has been revealed.
The singer will star in an episode called ‘Haw-Haw Land‘ and his character will be loosely based on Ryan Gosling‘s performance in La La Land. Sheeran will play Brendan, a character based on Sebastian (Gosling’s La La Land role) and will be depicted wearing a fedora hat with his signature red hair.
Brendan will get caught up in a love triangle between Lisa and Nelson, who also tries to woo her with his singing ability. Simpsons producer Al Jean has explained Sheeran’s character will keep “alternating [between], ‘You’re not that great, but you could be fantastic,’ and she keeps falling for him because of his talent.”
The ‘Shape Of You‘ singer expressed his interest in appearing in the show which subsequently lead to the offer.
‘Haw-Haw Land‘ will form part of the long running animation’s 29th series which airs on 1st October 2017.
Sheeran recently made a cameo in the seventh season of HBO’s Game of Thrones which resulted in him deleting his Twitter account due to a social backlash. Read more about that here.
Check out our top picks for The Simpsons greatest musical guests here.
