BuzzFeed: Let’s begin on the very starting! What was the audition for Mr. Krabs like, and do you know what his voice would sound like going into it?
Clancy Brown: I used to be very new to voice appearing at that time. The casting director was so nice and acquired in contact with my agent. I used to be simply sort of auditioning for every part, they usually mentioned, “This is a present. He is the crab. He runs the diner. He is sort of a skinflint.” I am listening to this, not getting it in any respect. I requested, “Nicely, what is the voice? What are the voice references?” There is no voice reference—simply go in and sort of make it up as you go alongside.
So I learn the perimeters [script excerpts], and the perimeters sounded to me just a little bit like, you recognize, the Treasure Island pirate. So I simply sort of did that voice, and it was with Steve [Stephen Hillenburg, the show’s creator], and it was in a convention room. He had his little tape recorder, and that was the primary time I might been in there. I normally go right into a studio and get directed, and that is the primary time I am sitting throughout from someone at a convention desk, and he is recording me. I simply sort of did it, and he appreciated it, after which he mentioned to me, “Okay, simply go forward and riff off of the script.” I sort of threw my palms up within the air. I mentioned, “You realize, I do not actually know the way to do this. You are the director.”
