The Purgatorians Urgent Recasting Call 2
Beth Rose for Betsy Turner
Betsy is a bit of a gossip, but she is very friendly and kind. She helps Jamie get to grips with this new world and often offers advice to help him. She is an older lady, with a southern American drawl. She can be seen as the mother figure to the group.
Please keep in mind that Betsy is in the show for quite a while, so commitment is required. This is being recast due to having problems receiving the lines from the previous cast member. Please see the reference clip below to see how I need the character to sound.
Age/Gender - Late 50's/ early 60s female
Accent - A Southern American drawl.
Pay is £20 per episode this character has lines in. It isn't a flat rate for all the episodes they are in.
Please note that we are currently working on the prequel miniseries. You will be playing catch up with the others in the main show up until the end of episode 4, then you may get a month or 2 break before we return to the main show again.
Context
Line 1 - The truth about what 6 year old Mason's mother has been doing to him has come to light. Jamie has been arrested through Faiths lies, and Betsy is confronting her about it. It needs to sound confrontational. Betsy knows Faith is guilty of beating Mason, and she urgently needs to uncover the truth and see Faith be brought to justice.
Line 2 - After the confrontation from line 1, Betsy is explaining to Jamie what she did and said. She is trying to remain composed to begin with, but the confrontation from line 1 can be heard to have hit her emotionally, but this begins to crack as the line goes along.
Line 3 - Betsy is warning Jamie he is being lied to. That help will never come, no matter how much it is offered. She is doing this in a friendly yet compassionate way. She knows this isn't news he ever wants to hear, to find out he will never return home again. Please say this as though you're breaking bad news to someone, which you know they wouldn't like to hear.
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- english
- southern American drawl
- female adult
- Worry
- late 50's to early 60's
- generic southern american
- aggressive
- kind
- Concern
- Upset
- Any with good audio
(Disgusted, Aggressive, Confrontational) Now you listen to me, I know I have only known Jamie for a few days but I trust him with my life. I have known you a few months and there has always been something off about you. I have always wondered why mason disappears for days on end, never to be seen. You have been beating him all this time, you get caught out and you make that poor little boy lie and accuse someone good natured, not a bad bone in his body. I am warning you now Parker, you clear this up, tell the guards the truth otherwise this will end badly for you. I am going nowhere until you tell the truth, what did you do to Mason? How long has this been going on?
(Composed and trying to remain calm) Thank heavens for that, I have been searching everywhere for you. Now listen and try to stay calm Jamie, what I am about to tell you, it is awful. (Getting upset, but trying to remain composed) Faith is going to kill Mason. The guards are on their way there now, hopefully they will reach them in time. He was in his room. Faith and I fought and I tried to get to him... (Losing the composure, the upset can be heard more) Jamie, she is crazy, she held a knife to my throat and talking about giving him his release (almost breaks down into tears) she said she was going to give him what he wanted. To see his dad again.
(Concern, compassion) Listen Jamie, I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news but he has said the same thing to each and everyone of us. He will keep stringing you along until you give in and accept this place as your new home and you give up all ideas of trying to get back home. You are trapped here, just like the rest of us.
