AUDITION FOR HERCULES EPISODE 2 HERCULES AND THE CHICKEN FARMER
Your Boy Alex for HERCULES
A Roman god summoned down to earth by a cantankerous old chicken farmer. Hercules is a bit chatty and prone to name-dropping and recounting his past exploits. His voice should go against the stereotype of a god. Without being cartoonish, we’re looking for a male voice that is soft, gentle, with a little bit of rasp.
What if Hercules sounded like Winnie-the-Pooh? We’re not asking you to imitate the cartoon character, but listen to Pooh’s voice as performed by Jim Cummings or Sterling Holloway. Use that for your own creation of Hercules. Remember, not over-the-top, high-pitched cartoonish. This is not an animated episode.
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Hercules also does a little bit of half-humming/half-singing at times. You don’t need a perfect singing voice, just be comfortable doing it. The actor will also narrate the credits at the end of the episode in his own voice.
- english
- male adult
- warm
- Gentle
- Slight rasp
- american neutral
(Wearing the skin of a lion he killed, Hercules is slightly disappointed the Farmer doesn’t recognize him immediately.) Hercules: But I earned this pelt. Killing that dreadful lion was no picnic. My arrows bounced off his fur. I had to strangle him with my bare hands. He clawed me good a few times. Do you want to see the scars? … No? … Rubens did me a nice turn, though, even if it wasn’t entirely accurate. I mean, who’d fight a lion naked? But I get it. He was selling paintings.
(Lost in his own world, Hercules recounts his past deeds. Farmer tries to interrupt, but Hercules is speaking over the Farmer.) Hercules: The big cat was just the start. I also slew a nine-headed snake. Captured a three-headed hell-hound, as well as a bull and a boar. …. At different times, of course … Stole some man-eating horses and made off with a giant’s cattle.
(Hercules lets the Farmer know he won’t be tricked, or “Tom Sawyer-ed,” into fixing a flat tire on the Farmer’s truck by himself.) HERCULES: That old whitewashing scam. It’s not going to work. (The Farmer feigns innocence and asks how Hercules knew about Tom Sawyer.) HERCULES: Like I said, there’s more to me than flexing pecs. And you can’t beat a good Mark Twain yarn. Am I right? … So, how will this work?
I'll be honest I should've figured it'd block out my email. that makes sense. woopsie