SPIKED EGGS PODCAST (Season One - Holiday Pilot)
jonathan-lunt for Rudolph (Rudy)
Role: Supporting
Payment: $30 USD flat rate
Rudolph (Rudy) - a rival loanshark and boss of a gang of sociopathic reindeer who are trying to muscle in on Santa's turf. His headquarters is located in the back of a chop shop. Rudy is a sociopath. He's crude and menacing. He laughs at his own bad jokes. Rudy's snicker is distinct and enables the audience to identify him immediately. (We look forward to seeing what our VAs can come up with for his snicker.) Rudy may have an Eastern European accent, but nothing over the top. Rudy thinks that Santa is trying to play him, and he refuses to back down. We encourage our actors to have fun with this character and see what you can come up with in terms of an accent or speech patterns, and tone of voice for Rudy.
We first meet Rudy in the opening of the episode as a member of the podcast's cast. Rudy is standing around in the rehearsal studio waiting for the recording to begin. Rudy is just being Rudy, heckling, making wise cracks and trying to bully his fellow cast members.
We next meet Rudy in his cramped and run down office at his headquarters. He's having a "sit down" with Santa Nicola. Things aren't going well.
- english
- male adult
( In the recording studio waiting for the recording of the podcast to begin. His fellow cast member, Frosty has (sort of) been singing as a vocal warm up) RUDY : "Hey, Karaoke Queen, this ain't a musical." (Frosty responds: I'm stretching my vocal cords, clown.) RUDY: ( moves toward Frosty menacingly and snickering) "That so? Want me to stretch them for ya?"
(Santa and her crew have arrived at Rudy's headquarters) RUDY: "You're late, Santa. Thought maybe you turned into a pumpkin." (Rudy laughs) (Santa mockingly refers to him as "Rudy') RUDY: "It's Rudolph, lady." (beat) RUDY: (lasciviously) "What's with the get-up? We going on a date?" (Rudy snickers).
(Santa asks Rudy why should she give him a bigger part of her action) RUDY: "I don't know." (Beat) "Maybe I'll take it all." (Santa proposes splitting the territory among various loansharks, with her controlling the largest area) RUDY: "But some get more than others. A lot more. Right?" (Beat) RUDY: (emphatically) "Right? We got nothing else to talk about here. Meeting's over."
