Supervillainess Space Drama
Peyton W for Laura Kingston
LAURA KINGSTON (recurring role, approx 2k words per episode, $35 per episode) Female-sounding 20-30 years old. The title role. Laura is a model astronaut with a perfect CV with plans to enter politics when she completes her mission in space. But she ends up stranded on an alien planet where she has incredible superpowers (think Superman/Supergirl). Suddenly, she has total superiority over an entire world. She enjoys exercising that superiority in countless ways as she sets about fulfilling her original dreams of achieving power, not through politics, but through merciless, super-powered violence and destruction.
Laura's tone when she encounters the inhabitants of her new home varies between arrogant contempt and heartless mockery. Please note, her actions at various points in the story are extremely violent. She frequently kills, and expresses her joy and/or amusement with it. Please don't audition if you're not comfortable with that.
At the start of the story, LAURA is a member of a UK Space Agency mission: we require an "educated UK" accent (regional accents are fine).
[exercising, out of breath] four forty three... four forty four... four forty five... (triumphant after breaking record) Four forty Six! (recovering her breath) Yes! Knew I could do it!
[angry, thinking she is about to die, with her future dreams unfulfilled] No! This can't be it! (fury of injustice) This was supposed to just be the start for me! I was going to be Prime Minister!
[with superior contempt] I've never seen so many pathetic, weak men! Each one is even more helpless than the last. (smiling slightly) It's almost TOO easy!
