Julian Assange is going to have a guest spot on the 500th episode of The Simpsons airing in February, and getting the elusive face of Wikileaks onto the show sounds like something out a spy novel, reports Entertainment Weekly. Assange, of course, will be the latest in a long line of notable guest stars, but he's probably the only one currently under house arrest in Britain, which made his recording session a little different, according to EW: 

Assange recorded his lines at a location unknown to Simpsons producers ... as [Simpsons executive producer Al Jean] directed him remotely from Los Angeles. (“I was just given a number to call,” sums up Jean.)

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