Subject: Since all my characters are aspects of myself...
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Posted on: 2016-01-16 22:44:00 UTC

Things could get a little tricky. Oh well, here goes nothing. All these are voice credits unless stated:-

Wobbles The Clown: Rebel Wilson
A natural fit for a physical presence, with an established gift for comedy delivery, Wilson is perfect for a happy-go-lucky clown. For those wondering, Melissa McCarthy's voice isn't really right for the part, though she has the advantage of actually being an American.

The Notary: Nikki Amuka-Bird
Amuka-Bird's delivery is perfect for a role as dry and vicious as the Notary, and she has a Whovian credit already; a one-episode role in Torchwood. However, what really got my attention was her work in Luther as Erin Gray. A close runner up is Adjoa Andoh, of Invictus and (more pertinetly to the topic at hand) Thunderbirds Are Go! fame.

Doktor Trollenfisch: Henning Wehn
Considering he's got a lot of experience with radio work and was in large part an inspiration for the character, it's only right that he gets the part in my fan casting. Whether or not he can play the sousaphone remains to be seen; we might have to get a stunt double in for that. =]

Algernon, 7th Earl Wymbourne: Richard Griffiths
Well, this is a dream casting. Griffiths was a Shakespearean actor, and I wanted his plummy tones (most familiar to American Boarders coming out of Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films) but with a certain gaiety of spirit to lighten a performance for the irrepressible Lord Wymbourne. Another fine pick would be Nicholas Smith, who did voice work in Wallace And Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit before his own death.

Lola McCandless: Essie Davis
Davis has rocketed to international acclaim on the back of the best horror film in recent years, Jennifer Kent's The Babadook. If anyone can pull off the kind of barely-held-together with false joviality performance that Lola requires, it's the lead from a psychological horror that scared the Bejeezus out of William Friedkin, whom you may know as the man behind The Exorcist.

I hope that's of use to people. =]

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