hey, not sure if you've gotten this question before, but what are you inspirations for the rogues voice wise? do you take any inspo from other pieces of batman media?
There's a few places I've pulled from, but I admit, most of them were from voices that already existed.
Two-Face is just pulling from BTAS - I felt that Richard Moll (Rest in Peace) nailed the part and there was no grounds for improvement.
Batman is BTAS as well, or something close to it. Conroy (Rest in Peace) was top-tier tone in my opinion, with a slight change in how some things are said/delivered.
The Joker also started in the BTAS world, but when played side-by-side nowadays, my Joker differs a bit from Hamill (I can never match the man's laugh, so I just admit defeat).
Penguin had origins in Batman 66, because I love how Burgess Meredith (Rest in Peace) laughed (he wasn't a smoker, so his laugh was also a cough and I thought that was brilliant). I just added more of a posh accent and I think it worked. Meredith's granddaughter agreed, so that's a win!
Edward came from a few places - starting as more of my actual voice and ending in a world of its own. The main delivery, however, came from an older Hollywood era - Jack Lemmon specifically (Rest in Peace... good heavens, they're all dropping).
Jonathan was someone who needed to sound completely different from Edward so people didn't think it was the same person voicing both guys. The accent came from reading that he was from Georgia, and I hadn't really heard many other versions incorporate the accent. I'm NOT saying I was the first to do it (I don't need to be reminded, thank you)! I just hadn't heard many people do it before.
Bane is based on Ricardo Montalbán (Rest in Peace) because that man was pure class, and he was so big on honour - I felt that if he were a younger man, he would have definitely voiced Bane at some point.
Waylon was based on some old guy I remember from Jackass when Pontius was getting a snapping turtle biting his nose. I remember the way he yelled "RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER" and I thought the voice was fun. It's evolved a bit since - added more of a growl to it, but that's where it started.
Jervis was based on Peter MacNicol's take from Arkham Asylum. I loved his portrayal, and long for the moment when it's Jervis' voice we hear down a long, empty hallway.
Harley began in the realm of Arleen Sorkin (Rest in Peace), and I give Dee big kudos for staying on with that voice. There was a LOT of flack thrown Dee's way when we started it, and there's been a lot of other Harley's in the mix since, but it was VERY disheartening in the beginning to just have EVERY Harley voice held up against Sorkin.
Selena's delivery is based on Rosa Diaz, but only in how terse and deadpan her delivery is. Lucia adds her own magic to the role now, and I'm excited for when she's back in the mix! It may even be... the NEXT EPISODE! Ohhhh!!
Uhm... Jason is just a shameful pull of Jensen Ackles, Alfred is along the lines of Charles Dance, Superman is Patrick Warburton, Cosmo is trying to be Harvey Fierstein (my idol), Alastor will be Tim Curry, and... I'm sure I have others that I've forgotten, but I'll add on as they pop into my head.
In short, I'm doing the best I can and I'm very sorry.
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