But Kath had never met a thin role she couldn’t inflate with a little oxygen.
“Do that again,” he said. “But slower. And let the sarcasm breathe.”
Kath signed the doll’s tiny sneaker. “She was talking to you,” she said softly. “She still is.” 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.
Silence.
Kath closed her eyes. She thought of the classic Warner Bros. cartoons she’d grown up on. The snap. The sass. The way Mel Blanc could turn a simple line into a symphony of attitude. She couldn't just do “sweet.” Sweet was a dead end. She had to find Lola’s engine .
Billy cackled from his booth. “That’s her ,” he yelled. “That’s Lola.” But Kath had never met a thin role
The voice actress arrived at the Burbank studio with a slight knot in her stomach. It was 1996, and Kath Soucie was already a legend in the animation world. She’d been the plucky courage of Dexter’s mom, the sweet charm of Phil and Lil on Rugrats , and a dozen other characters who lived in the hearts of millions. But today felt different.