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Voice Actor
ROLE 3 — LUDOVIQUE
Character: Lord of Entertainment; leader of the Merry Go Round Menagerie
Age: Elder 50-60
Voice: Open to interpretation; I'm interested in distinctive, theatrical character voices. I personally imagine her with a raspy voice.
Who she is:
Ludovique is a commanding, larger-than-life figure who presides over a macabre circus-like world of spectacle and entertainment. She is theatrical, imposing, and deeply invested in performance.
She understands how to control a room and turn even a serious moment into a show. Beneath that theatricality, however, is someone capable of making a moment of acceptance feel genuine, even when that acceptance is tangled up in her own ideas about spectacle, succession, and control.
Performance direction:
I'm looking for theatricality with precision. Ludovique should be able to command an audience, relish a dramatic announcement, and make her words feel carefully presented.
However, please don't play her as a generic cartoon villain. Her warmth should feel believable, even when there's something unsettling about the circumstances. She needs to be able to shift from celebratory showmanship to a quieter, emotionally meaningful goodbye.
Her life is a performance from the start to the end; make me feel it.
Showy, proud: "Ladies and gentlemen! Tonight, you are witnessing the beginning of something extraordinary!"
Quiet, warm: "Come now, dear. This moment belongs to you."
Excitable, strong: "Please put your hands together for the new Lord of Entertainment!"
