The Purgatorians Urgent Recasting Call
Gayle Why for Elena Stoneheart
Secondary role for now
(F) 30-35. Must be able to convey friendliness for episode 1. The rest need coldness, heartless, sadistic tones. All the lines here are not from episode 1. Think a realistic portrayal of a Disney Villain, but please not too over the top. Try not having a dialect but she doesn't need to sound too posh. She also doesn't want to sound common either. A nice mix in-between.
Payments are £20 for every episode she has lines in. Auditions should be raw with noise reduction applied if needed. No other enhancements please.
At least with the other choices, death, prison or good natured release home you know where you stand however Elena is probably the coldest, worst council member of them all. She wants her victims to seriously suffer, the best way to do that is to send them to Purgatory and this is what she always suggests. She also blackmails and schemes to get her own way, failing that she may kill instead.
It is not known whether she actually is just sadistic or if she is secretly trying to amass an army as big as she can get, spying and working for the Purgatorians as a mole. She is extremely icy cold and does not show any positive feelings to others unless it is pleasure from seeing other people suffer terribly. If she is angered you can be sure the person who caused this will suffer.
She may be the biggest villain alongside Frederick Chambers once the council disbands. Her role gets bigger in season 2 onwards. She may be in the show until season 4, season 3 at the earliest.
Context
Line 1 - This needs a cold, heartless approach. She is suggesting sending Jamie to the worst place possible in this land. A place that would break him and she would take great pleasure if this was to happen.
Line 2 - Elena is blackmailing Abraham. She knows his secrets and she knows this could destroy his position as the leader of the council. She takes pleasure in this, knowing the hurt this is causing Abraham. It needs a very manipulative, cold hearted approach.
Line 3 - She has just finished blackmailing Abraham from line 2 and she has taken great pleasure doing this. She knows she has the upper hand here and she relishes in it. She is a villain though so the laugh should sound this way. Not friendly as though you have just joked around with your friends.
- english
- evil
- realistic disney villain
- british
- american
- no dialect
- Cold
- heartless
- Manipulative
- 30-35
- any that gives clear audio
- any that provides good noise reduction
I believe we should crush the boys hopes of ever finding his way home and let himself find his way inside of Purgatory, let him stay there and become one of them. If he is a Purgatorian he will not want to destroy his own kind. Yes it is one more for their army however who knows when they will attack, it may not even be in our lifetime. Let him rot there and we shall be safe. That is my suggestion.
Oh don’t beg dear, it is beneath you. Now we are alone I would like to remind you that I know of your little secret. The prophecy only mentions you will be killed, not us. It would be most unwise to anger me or my lips may become loose and words may start to spill from them. Oh I should also let you know I too know the secret behind you and Harper, why you care for him so much, why he has not been allocated a job. This would be most devastating to your position on the council. If you do not do what is required of you I shall have no reason to hold back this information anymore.
(Just give me a cold and evil laugh. Please read the context in the bio)
Oh, the joy of creating the show never left. I just had to take some time to clear my head so mistakes weren't made when putting the show together and so I could listen to auditions and offer fair feedback. Thank you though.
Line 1 - I liked it. You had a smooth and clear voice and had a touch of the coldhearted tones there. It may need slightly more, but then again this delivery could actually work. I would have to listen though when shortlisting again to see how these compare with the other.
Take 2 - American and British are both considered equally as Elena has no family ties to this world to conflict with this. As take 1 though, the same opinion.
Line 2 - This was good. The delivery sounded calm yet threatening and manipulating. No faults with this one.
Take 2 - Same as Line 2 take 1.
Line 3 - The laugh was alright but may need bringing up a little with her evil side added into it.
Take 2 - As I said before, the laugh needs to sound a little wicked. This one sounded more jolly.
Thank you so much for the feedback! And I'm glad you are taking care of yourself; not everyone has that kind of self-awareness. Please let me know if you'd like me to resubmit. I've been working on my evil laugh. ^_^
Thank you so much. I always welcome resubmissions if they take the feedback into account, so please feel free to do so.
I'm so sorry I missed the deadline to resubmit. I had some personal issues of my own to attend, but I really do appreciate your feedback!