Bosch Star Titus Welliver provides the voice of Rorschach in Warner Bros.’ new animated film adaptation. Alan Moore AND Dave Gibbons’S Guardians.
In a recent interview with CB, he talked about his experience working on the project and explained why voicing Rorschach went against everything he learned in drama school, because it could have ruined his voice.
Welliver said: “I always say, go back to Mercedes McCambridge who was chosen to voice Pazuzu in The Exorcist, and he smoked cigarette after cigarette, drank raw eggs and stuff like that.
“It was very difficult, and people think that because I have a lower voice register, it would be [easier]but it’s not supported by any of the things they teach you in drama school. It’s all in the throat, so it goes against all the things they tell you not to do, because it will destroy your voice.
“I could only record for a couple of hours at a time, but it was a lot of fun, I’ll tell you. Finding the voice was interesting. Obviously there was Jackie’s model, and I wanted to pay homage to that, but also make it my own in some way. So it was a challenge, but it was also a great epiphany, when we all said, ‘That’s it!'”
Welliver is a talented actor and I love what he did with Rorschach’s voice. He’s perfect for the role!
Guardians tells an alternate history set in the United States, in which superheroes appeared in the 1940s, the United States won the Vietnam War, and the Watergate scandal was never revealed.
In the story, the United States and the USSR are on the brink of World War III, while most of the superheroes are either working for the government or are retired.
It chronicles the moral struggle of superheroes Rorschach, Doctor Manhattan, Nite Owl and others as they return to duty to deal with the murder of Edward Blake, aka The Comedian, a state-sponsored superhero.
Watchmen Chapter 1 is now available on digital Video On Demand platforms. It will be released on Blu-ray on August 27th.
by Joey Fear
Source: Geek Tyrant
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