
Well, we're smack in the middle of our 8-part Marceline arc on
ADVENTURE TIME. I hope you're enjoying it! I am. I mean, it's really good! Layered. We layered it up for you. The second half commences tonight, featuring a star turn from
Paul Williams. Last night we saw episodes three and four.
I was there while the actors were recording episode three.
Olivia Olson, who plays Marceline, was getting a cold! PLUS she had a singing audition the next day. But the part required her (as you may have seen) to give a blood-curdling scream when the Vampire King bites her neck. And she had to shout and growl and such, on top of doing the scream over and over at the top of her lungs. Not good for the human voice! But she did it. She committed! She didn't hold back. I just made the same statement three times in a row; that's called "style." Part four had this character "The Empress." (Paul Williams plays "The Hierophant" - all the vampires are named after
tarot cards. Which reminds me: I have
a friend who works on iZombie, and on that show last night, the main character made a little speech about the tarot card "The Empress." RIGHT AFTER THE EMPRESS APPEARED ON ADVENTURE TIME. Coincidence? Yes, entirely. Rebecca Romijn plays our Empress, which, as I've mentioned repeatedly in various formats, including life itself, means that we've got a real
Brian De Palma thing going on, what with Paul Williams in there too.) I like The Empress! She has this
snake that lives coiled around her neck and sometimes it slithers up, over her head, and pulls up her turban with its fangs, revealing her
hypno eyes, and that's how she gets you. So watch out! Here we see her as sketched by
Seo, who co-boarded and co-wrote part four with
Somvilay. In the ADVENTURE TIME meeting today I'm going to ask who came up with that snake. Great snake.