Mael (Main Recurring Character)

Custom lines are welcomed!!
Aiming for a similar voice or at least close https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH5jrEeddf0 timestamp 0:42

Scenes that this character appears in: https://tandemdark.thecomicseries.com/comics/248/#content-start

Names can be tricky to pronounce, here is a page: https://tandemdark.thecomicseries.com/Characters/

Mael is a major recurring character in Tandem Dark and the brother of Tatiana (Tati). Mael is expressive, somewhat awkward, quick-witted, and naturally comedic. He can be silly, sarcastic, dramatic, easily frustrated, and occasionally unsure of himself. A lot of his humor comes from his reactions to situations and the people around him rather than intentionally trying to be the funniest person in the room.

Mael is not naturally confident. He can second-guess himself, become nervous, complain, or feel completely out of his depth. However, that changes when something genuinely matters to him.

He is extremely protective of Tati. If she is threatened, or if Mael feels strongly enough that something needs to be defended, his uncertainty can disappear very quickly. In those moments, he can become firm, courageous, confrontational, and surprisingly serious.

That contrast is very important to the character. The actor should be able to portray someone who can be nervous or ridiculous one moment and then completely plant his feet when something crosses a line.

Despite being a major source of comedy, Mael is not solely comic relief. He experiences serious and emotionally difficult situations throughout the story and requires an actor with strong dramatic range.

This is a recurring role and potentially a long-term commitment.

Voice direction: Male • young adult • expressive • naturally comedic • slightly awkward • sarcastic • emotionally open • protective when necessary.

Acting requirements: Strong comedic timing and emotional range. The actor should be comfortable portraying nervousness, uncertainty, sarcasm, frustration, excitement, fear, anger, vulnerability, protectiveness, and serious dramatic emotion.

Thank you so much for taking the time to audition! I’m really excited that you’re interested in my project specifically.

For now, I don’t listen to any of the audio submissions until closer to the deadline, just because I don’t want to accidentally become biased early on. But I’ll definitely be going through everyone’s auditions once we get closer to the deadline!

Good luck, and feel free to resubmit as many times as you want before the deadline if you want to try something different or feel like you can do a better take. Have fun with it!