The Voice of a King

Vinland Saga, voice acting, and occult performance

Today on Agitator, we're talking the art of acting, the process of dub, occult stage practices, and much more with actor/writer Luis Galindo, our H-Town homie and the voice of Vinland Saga's King Sweyn. Topics discussed:

Performing in Je'Caryous Johnson's stage rendition of New Jack City, tour life, tripping on cough syrup in school, dealing with sickness, meeting through Rune Soup, writing The Snake Handler with Cody Goodfellow, one creative outlet is never enough, "write drunk and don't edit," powerful vibes, Luis's hundred-plus stage roles, physical acting, the impulse to get swol, insane Planet Fitness contracts, Bronson and Solitary Fitness, Scottish and Irish accents, coast-to-coast cholos, journey from the stage to Sentai and Crunchyroll, so much anime… and on Agitator Z...

…the humble badass Luis reads his own IMDb to remember all the roles he's played, the dubbing process, impression of King Sweyn as a cholo, the one-take creation assembly line, Taika Waititi's live-action Akira, our casting choices for the Judge in Blood Meridian, the coolness of the Japanese language, cultural walls, Lone Wolf and Cub, to live and die by the samurai code, Jim Jarmusch, indecipherable ideas and engaging with art that goes over our heads, the Western urge to understand, the undercurrent of perversion in Miike films, watching Raging Bull and The Shining as a kid, Haruki Murakami's 1Q84, Fuminori Nakamura, the effecient but confusing nature of the English language, dyslexia, Vinland Saga, discovering anime through being part of it, Japanese Vikings, Daniel Day-Lewis, being a film extra, acting techniques, roles that get in your bones, the rhythm of motion, Grand Kabuki Theatre, culture of discipline, ritualizing artistic practice, juggling acting and teaching, and moving into film and TV.

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