But Kath had never met a thin role she couldn’t inflate with a little oxygen.
Today, she was trying out for a rabbit.
She opened her eyes and read the line: “What’s up, Doc?”
She got the call two days later. “You’re Lola Bunny.” The recording sessions were a revelation. Billy West (Bugs) was a mad genius, and the two of them fell into an instant rhythm. They’d play off each other, speeding up lines, tossing in improvisations. Kath fought to keep Lola from being sidelined in every scene. In one take, when Bugs tries to carry her away from danger, she stopped.
Then, from behind the glass, a low chuckle. Then another. The door opened, and the director, Tony, poked his head out. He was smiling.
And in that moment, Kath Soucie knew she hadn’t just voiced a cartoon rabbit. She’d given a generation permission to be complicated. To be soft and strong. To be sweet as honey and sharp as a three-pointer at the buzzer.
Andrea said nothing. “Try the courtroom scene.”
“Hold on,” she said to the director. “Lola wouldn’t just let him carry her. She’d say something.”
But Kath had never met a thin role she couldn’t inflate with a little oxygen.
Today, she was trying out for a rabbit.
She opened her eyes and read the line: “What’s up, Doc?” kath soucie lola bunny
She got the call two days later. “You’re Lola Bunny.” The recording sessions were a revelation. Billy West (Bugs) was a mad genius, and the two of them fell into an instant rhythm. They’d play off each other, speeding up lines, tossing in improvisations. Kath fought to keep Lola from being sidelined in every scene. In one take, when Bugs tries to carry her away from danger, she stopped.
Then, from behind the glass, a low chuckle. Then another. The door opened, and the director, Tony, poked his head out. He was smiling. But Kath had never met a thin role
And in that moment, Kath Soucie knew she hadn’t just voiced a cartoon rabbit. She’d given a generation permission to be complicated. To be soft and strong. To be sweet as honey and sharp as a three-pointer at the buzzer.
Andrea said nothing. “Try the courtroom scene.” “You’re Lola Bunny
“Hold on,” she said to the director. “Lola wouldn’t just let him carry her. She’d say something.”
