Lupita Nyong'o, Mark Hamill, and Pedro Pascal have all been a part of the Star Wars franchise as Maz Kanata, Luke Skywalker, and The Mandalorian respectively.
This marks Kit Connor's second time voicing an animal character, after voicing Pantalaimon in His Dark Materials (2019) for three seasons.
Catherine O'Hara's 2nd Dreamworks Animation film, after Over the Hedge (2006), which is also about forest animals.