Esben
auditioning for
FELIX RING
in THE RING BROTHERS CURSE (ORIGINAL MASCOT HORROR AUDIO DRAMA MOVIE) (light visuals)
THE RING BROTHERS CURSE (ORIGINAL MASCOT HORROR AUDIO DRAMA MOVIE) (light visuals)
Esben for FELIX RING
Voice Actor
FELIX RING
closed
Unpaid
Role went to:
Esben
Felix Ring is the emotional backbone of the original Ring Brothers Traveling Circus — a weary but compassionate man desperately trying to preserve the soul of a dying family tradition. Unlike his younger brother Scotty, who sees the circus as a business, Felix sees it as a home. He values the performers, the animals, and the people behind the acts more than profit, making him one of the few genuinely moral figures in the story. But years of fighting a losing battle against modernization, greed, and his brother’s obsession with AI have left him emotionally exhausted.
For casting, Felix requires an actor capable of portraying quiet authority, emotional restraint, and buried grief. He should feel like a man carrying the weight of an entire collapsing legacy on his shoulders. Felix is not loud or theatrical like the performers around him — his presence comes from sincerity, intelligence, and emotional grounding. Even during arguments, he speaks like someone trying to save people rather than win.
Performance note: Felix should feel like the last human piece of the old circus still trying to survive while everything around him rots away. He’s the kind of man who rarely raises his voice because he knows people listen when he finally does. His tragedy comes from knowing he’s losing the fight long before the massacre ever begins.
Voice description:
- any
- male adult
The sides they read from:
“Do you know what I hate most about all this, Scotty? It’s not the machines. It’s not the money. Hell, it’s not even the lying anymore. It’s the way you stand there acting like this place was already dead before you got your hands on it. This circus survived storms, accidents, lawsuits, fires— people stayed because they loved it. They loved the performers. They loved the animals. They loved us. But you… You walk around talking about audiences like they’re numbers on paper. Those people out there trusted us with their families. And now every decision you make feels colder than the last. So don’t stand there telling me the circus is dying. The circus isn’t dying, Scotty. You’re killing it.”
(Soft, reflective, emotionally exhausted) “Funny thing about circuses… People only remember the lights. They remember applause. Music. Cotton candy. Smiling clowns. Nobody remembers what it sounds like after everybody goes home. When the generators shut down. When the cages stop rattling. When the performers wipe the makeup off and finally get to be people again. That’s the part I always loved most. The quiet. Felt honest. Like for a few hours, the circus stopped pretending to be magic and just became… a family trying to survive. I think that’s why all this hurts so much. Because somewhere along the way… we stopped being people to Scotty. We became replaceable.”
(Quiet horror slowly becoming rage) “No… No, this isn’t what you were built for. Look at me. LOOK AT ME. You were supposed to make people smile. You were supposed to help children laugh. That’s all you were ever supposed to be. So whatever’s inside you now… whatever Scotty turned you into… it is NOT my circus. Do you hear me? This isn’t my family anymore. This isn’t entertainment. It’s cruelty wearing greasepaint.”
