Vocal casting for Swordspoint audiobook?
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ellenkushnerWho would you cast - VOCALLY only, I don't care what they look like - for Richard St Vier, and for the young Alec?
Because my Swordspoint audiobook producer is going the "full-cast audio" route with about 4 scenes from the book: the big set pieces where there are so many characters all talking at once that it seems a shame to make me try to do them all. And of course, getting the right R&A is key.
NYC is full of great young actors! (We already have a couple of older ones cast that I'm not allowed to tell you about, but it will be So Good!) Some pretty big names will come into a studio for a couple of hours to record a handful of [CORRECTED TO:] lines. So don't be shy.
Notes: If you've never heard me read, you should know (and I hope this doesn't break anyone's heart) that the accents are NOT BRITISH! Riversiders sound a bit like Damon Runyon (Guys & Dolls) minus the Brooklyn vowels. Nobles are more like upper class Americans in 30s movies (kind of). Richard, who's from the country and more middle class, is almost Standard American. Of course, a good actor can do any accent, I know - but I don't want specifically Brits, despite the cloaks'n'swords.
I will be reading most of the text myself, including the narration when we bring in the actors for the chosen scenes. And I record first!!! so they'll have to match me - a scary thought! But my control freak author self is most pleased, and I hope you will be, too.
Extra points for suggestions on Lord Ferris & Basil Halliday - I'm afraid the closest I've come so far is that Halliday is "a young(er: he's, what, about 40?) Sam Waterston" and Ferris would be Francis Urquhart (as played by Ian Richardson in the BBC's fine House of Cards) when he grew up, if he hadn't been exposed. (Without the British accent, natch.)
Which isn't exactly helpful for finding live young current actors.
So can you help us, here?
Because my Swordspoint audiobook producer is going the "full-cast audio" route with about 4 scenes from the book: the big set pieces where there are so many characters all talking at once that it seems a shame to make me try to do them all. And of course, getting the right R&A is key.
NYC is full of great young actors! (We already have a couple of older ones cast that I'm not allowed to tell you about, but it will be So Good!) Some pretty big names will come into a studio for a couple of hours to record a handful of [CORRECTED TO:] lines. So don't be shy.
Notes: If you've never heard me read, you should know (and I hope this doesn't break anyone's heart) that the accents are NOT BRITISH! Riversiders sound a bit like Damon Runyon (Guys & Dolls) minus the Brooklyn vowels. Nobles are more like upper class Americans in 30s movies (kind of). Richard, who's from the country and more middle class, is almost Standard American. Of course, a good actor can do any accent, I know - but I don't want specifically Brits, despite the cloaks'n'swords.
I will be reading most of the text myself, including the narration when we bring in the actors for the chosen scenes. And I record first!!! so they'll have to match me - a scary thought! But my control freak author self is most pleased, and I hope you will be, too.
Extra points for suggestions on Lord Ferris & Basil Halliday - I'm afraid the closest I've come so far is that Halliday is "a young(er: he's, what, about 40?) Sam Waterston" and Ferris would be Francis Urquhart (as played by Ian Richardson in the BBC's fine House of Cards) when he grew up, if he hadn't been exposed. (Without the British accent, natch.)
Which isn't exactly helpful for finding live young current actors.
So can you help us, here?
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Date: 2011-09-12 02:20 am (UTC)