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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>- John Sefchick
Wrote:<BR></FONT><FONT size=2>> <BR>> RE: Groo Movie<BR>> <BR>>
Please don't use Patrick Warburton (The Tick, Puddy from Seinfeld) as
<BR>> Groo (either animation or live action). He was fantastic as The Big
Blue <BR>> Guy but every time I turn on the TV all I hear is his voice,
wether in <BR>> commercials or cartoons. Thinking about it though he would
make a pretty <BR>> good Arcadio, either live action or animation. He's got
the size and the <BR>> chin for it.<BR>>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Folks!</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm not familiar with Patrick Warburton, but I'm sure Mark is. So don't
worry, Mark will get the best people for the job. Actually, I think the
voice of Arcadio is probably the most generic in that it calls for a gorgeous
baritone/bass dripping with egomania. Most of the voice actors I have
heard speak have gorgeous baritone voices that, like a great singer, are very
elastic and can make amazing sounds. So I don't think Arcadio, as most of
us have imagined him, would be much of a challenge. </DIV>
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<DIV>By the way, Mark has written (to us) that when he is writing Arcadio's
dialogue he sometimes asks himself what Milos Gloriosus, the All Conquering
General from "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" would
say. The part calls for a gorgeous bass voice dripping with
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<DIV>I may be all wrong (I usually am), but I see the voice casting going
something like this: We all have the voices of the characters in our
heads, and so do Mark & Sergio. Only when Mark hears a written cartoon
voice in his head, he's automatically thinking which voice actor or actors would
be best at doing that voice. Maybe he's even thought of the voice actor he
wants before he's written the dialogue just from his & Sergio's discussion
of the character. So then the actual casting takes place somewhere along
the line and Mark and Sergio are so in sync when it comes to Groo (They both
independently came up with "Mulch" as the name of the Sage's dog, for crying out
loud), that Sergio says something like "That's exactly the voice I imagined"
when he hears Mark's first choice. And all is right with the world.
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<DIV>I know it will be a long time before the movie comes out, if it comes out
at all and there are many stumbling blocks to overcome, but I am very
hopeful. </DIV>
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<DIV>Take care all -Gary G. </DIV>
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