Sonic Origins Audioseries - Retelling the Stories of the Classic Era
Paden Spires for Sonic the Hedgehog
The title character of the video games! Known by monikers such as "The fastest thing alive" and "The blue blur", Sonic the Hedgehog is a blue hedgehog with incredible speed and one heck of an attitude. He's adventurous, quippy, and never gives up despite the odds! Loves chili dogs, despises water. In Origins, we see how he first meets his iconic allies and villains, especially the hero-enemy relationship shared with Dr. Robotnik and his friendship with Miles "Tails" Prower.
WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR VOICE IMPRESSIONS! NO JALEEL WHITE, NO MARTIN BURKE, NO RYAN DRUMMOND, NO JASON GRIFFITH, NO ROGER CRAIG SMITH! NOT EVEN BEN SCHWARTZ OR TIM ROBINSON! NOT EVEN DEVEN MACK (even though not much has been shown of Mack's Sonic, it still counts as an impression)! WE WANT AN ORIGINAL TAKE ON THIS CHARACTER! WE WANT A VOICE THAT SHOWS CONFIDENCE, CARE FOR HIS FRIENDS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME HAS A CHILDLIKE WONDER ABOUT HIM!
Please do all of the lines shown. We accept auditions that add lines that may not be shown in the casting call. We will not accept auditions that do less than the displayed number of lines. We will either ask for a re-audition or disregard the audition entirely.
(regarding the Badniks that have shown up in Sonic's home land)
"Man, these robot things have been popping up everywhere. Doesn’t help that my friends have been disappearing, too. I’m gonna make sure to give a good ol’ Sonic Spin to whoever has been hurting my friends."
(The first adventure begins for Sonic the Hedgehog)
(destroys a Badnik, a Flicky emerges from it) "So that’s where all the animals go before he turns you guys into robots, huh? Run free, critters. (determined to defeat Eggman) And now I gotta run. Can’t let Eggman get those… 'Chaos Emeralds' or whatever he calls 'em. Marble is a little bit away from here… he’s probably moved operations over there. Time to crack this so-called Eggman! WOOHOO!"
(speaking to Dr. Eggman, whom he meets for the first time. Eggman asks if Sonic is the "speedy blue rat" Motobug mentioned)
"The one and only. Terrible to meet ya doc. Name’s Sonic the Hedgehog. Have a feeling we aren’t exactly going to get along!"
(Sonic hurts Dr. Eggman's machine as he does in the video game.)
"I’m the fastest thing alive, Eggman. Funny name by the way. Did ya get named that by your parents cuz of that shape of yours?"
(in Labyrinth Zone, submerged in the water)
"Hatewaterhatewaterhatewaterhatewater —"
(in the special stage as seen in Sonic 1)
"Man, will never be used to this place. Trippy as heck..."
I feel disconnected with this one. It just feels as though your reading the script and for voice acting it should never be that way. The goal is to make the Viewer believe the character is really their. You become Sonic in a sense. So you need to bring the energy and passion with it.