The Purgatorians Urgent Recasting Call 3
Zarya Alexandra Rubin for Elena Stoneheart
In episode 1, Elena is polite, respectful, kind, and only wants the best for the citizens in the city of Serenity. She is however meek and looked down upon by some of the other council members.
From episode 2 onwards, she is cold hearted and sadistic. She enjoys seeing others suffer, especially if she's causing the suffering. She will order executions for the smallest things, and even frame citizens for crimes they never comitted, just to see their anguish, and maybe the end of their life.
No character in The Purgatorians are one dimensional, and Elena is no different. Moving from polite and friendly to cold and ruthless shows this. She also holds no fear to the antagonist, The Liberator, who everyone fears. In fact, she barks orders at him instead of the other way around.
She has information on the leader of the council and she will blackmail him to do her bidding, until she is ready to claim the leadership of Serenity as her own that is.
If you want to voice a sadistic villain, this role may be for you. She has a prominent role in the prequel miniseries, has a smaller role in the main show, although still there in many episodes, just not as many scenes, then the role grows again when... I can't say due to spoilers!
Please note that this role is no different from any other and may require screams at some points.
Voice needed - Female
Age range - Late 20's to mid 30s
Accent - An elegant British accent preferred, but I will accept American if nobody is suited for the British accent. You can hear the accent I previously went for in the rough draft preview I have added on the casting call page.
You must be able to perform tones of manipulation, anger, friendliness, authoritative, and fear. Among many others.
Pay for this role is set as a flat rate to £20 per episode. If the show does well enough to allow me to do so, back pay will be paid, less money paid, set at £2 per line. If this happens, all future lines will be set at this rate, which may increase to a maximum of £5 per line depending on the shows success. If episodes require intensive voicing, many lines of shouting loudly for example, pay is doubled for that episode at £40. If it's not often, an extra £2 per line is paid on top of the £20. Episode 5, which is script 4, is one of these occasions as you need to shout over the loudness of the storm. The winds and thunder will be strong. As well as a scream at the end of your final scene.
Since all of the ghosting we have been plagued with has put us so far behind, I will be requesting all 5 episodes of the show be submitted by the end of July. The total payment shall be £140 and retakes needed, if any, shall be requested once the rough draft editor has edited the episodes together. Please do not go silent once the lines have been submitted. You will be needed in the main show as well.
Context - This is to give you a little context of the scene to help you with preparing and recording your audition. Please do not submit the context. Only the lines.
Line 1 - Elena is on her way home when she gets ambushed by two other council members. They are threatening her life if she doesn't change her vote on the execution. This is from episode 1, so she has not moved over to her sadistic personallity at this point. She is still meek and vulnerable. She is very scared as the knife is pressed up against her.
Line 2 - Elena is now in her sadistic personality. She is threatening Abraham that she will kill him if she does not relinquish the power of the city and the citizens over to her. Please see concept trailer 3 in the casting call as it includes a part of this line. It was delivered very well and is the performance I'm looking for here.
Line 3 - Elenas plans have been thwarted. She was supposed to be the one who pulled the level on the guillotine, but now she's being arrested for murder. She is very angry that this is happening. No fear that she may be the next head under the blade, only anger that she can't carry out her plans as she is dragged away kicking and screaming by the guards. This line is in the rough draft preview I added to this call. However, it was not delivered at all in the correct way. Please see that to find out what I'm not looking for.
- english
- late 20s/early 30s
- british
- female adult
- fear
- elegant
- American possible
- british preferred
- Scared
- Cold
- calm
- Manipulative
- Angry
- Any that has good quality
- Any
(Scared for her life) Get off of me. No, stop... HELP, SOMEBODY. PLEASE, HELP ME. THEY'RE GOING TO KILL ME
(Cold, calm, confident) No, Abraham. I want extravagance. I want excitement. I want the power, not the position. If you refuse, an unfortunate accident may befall you. A fatal accident. You give me the power and live, or I take the power and you die. The choice is yours
(Angry) Get off of me! You have no right to do this. Do you know who I am? I could have you beheaded for this. LET ME GO THIS INSTANT.