[PAID] THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: HEART OF ICE (A MINECRAFT MACHINIMA FILM)
thatonevoiceover for BRUCE WAYNE // THE BATMAN
PLEASE READ BEFORE AUDITIONING!
THE CHARACTER
Bruce Wayne is the lead role and a complex character in this tale. We all know his backstory, but its how that trauma has shaped this version of Bruce is what makes him so interesting.
Bruce is a miserable, unstable human. He is nearing his mid-fifties and has been retired out the cowl for 10 years now. Bruce has no idea how to cope without his layer of protection on -- his veil to the world. Bruce Wayne was never a person, he was conjured up so Batman could walk around in the normal world. However, with Batman being 'gone', Bruce is now who he has to be... and he hates it.
Every time Bruce hears a siren, Batman writhes in his chest... Itching to get out.
Bruce Wayne died with his parents in the alleyway. Batman is the one who walked out of there alive.
THE VOICE
Bruce Wayne and Batman are two separate entities. TREAT THEM AS SUCH. Although they are muddled and mixed in with each other at the beginning of the story, when they are labeled as separate characters, they need to sound, feel, and act as different characters. One should not be just a "happier" or a "darker" version of the other.
Bruce is a somewhat charismatic, handsome, but now matured and aged businessman. He needs to have the smooth people talk as an average businessman should, while still being capable of much more -- HOWEVER. In this adaptation, Bruce is a trainwreck, barely holding himself together. So, though these traits need to be present, they need to be reserved -- not up to their full capacity.
Batman is a brutal, vengeful, caged beast that is roaring to be let out. Once in a while, while posing as Bruce, Batman will seep out -- however, once he is let out, it's a controlled, intelligent anger and rage. Batman is a terrifying bruiser a force to be reckoned with.
I am looking for a low, American Accented, aged, very troubled, very haunted man. I do NOT want Kevin Conroy impressionist -- MAKE THIS BATMAN YOUR OWN! PLEASE.
Here are some voice references for the range I'm looking for: https://youtu.be/pc32fk0elsc?t=128 or https://youtu.be/zYGPZs7ovsA?t=21
- male adult
- male senior
- north american
- deep
- dark
- Broken
- Older Man
BRUCE WAYNE: I was only six years old when that happened... When I first found the cave. Huge, empty, silent as a church... Now the dust thickens and the cobwebs grow in here... as it does in me... And he laughs at me, curses at me. Calls me a fool -- he fills my sleep, tricks me, brings me down here when the night is long and my will is weak. He struggles, restlessly, hatefully, clawing at the cage I’ve locked him in -- begging to be freed... I will not let him free...Never... I gave him my word... For Jason. Never again.
THE BATMAN: This should be hell. I should be an aching mass of broken, spent muscle -- unable to move. But I’m a man of thirty again -- of twenty. The rain on my chest is a baptism. I'm born again
BRUCE WAYNE: Zorro... I should have checked the listings. I should turn it off -- right this second. Just a movie... That’s all it is. No harm in watching a movie.
