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Jeremy Sisto
“Batman”
Justice League: The New Frontier
A
year ago, Jeremy Sisto was starring as a private investigator with deep
psychological scars in “Kidnapped.” This season, Sisto joined the “Law &
Order” legacy of actors as a detective with a haunted past.
It’s seem only natural that his next starring role would be as Batman.
Sisto fills the vocal role of the Dark Knight in the highly-anticipated
release of “Justice League: The New Frontier,” the second DC Universe
original animated PG-13 film presented by Warner Premiere, produced by
Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Home Video.
Based on the landmark DC Comics graphic novel by Darwyn Cooke and
produced by animation legend Bruce Timm, "Justice League: The New
Frontier" features an all-star voice cast led by Sisto, Kyle MacLachlan
(Superman), David Boreanaz (Green Lantern), Neil Patrick Harris (The
Flash), Lucy Lawless (Wonder Woman), Kyra Sedgwick (Lois Lane), Brooke
Shields (Carol Ferris), Miguel Ferrer (Martian Manhunter) and Phil
Morris (King Faraday). The film will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc
on February 26, 2008. The HD DVD edition will be available March 18,
2006.
“I tend to (get cast) as dark characters, and I'm more drawn to those
characters anyway – they’re usually more interesting,” Sisto said.
“Plus, I got this deep voice from my father, and the combination of the
timbre of my voice and my inflections tends to make people feel that
there's some darkness there.”
Sisto particularly enjoys the role Batman takes in “Justice League: The
New Frontier,” emphasizing that the character arc of the Caped Crusader
gave the job added flavor.
“I think Batman is a great character in that he has a lot of
internalization, and his heroics come from a dark place,” Sisto said.
“You can have fun with that side of him, sort of showing his dislike for
people and yet, at the same time, he's all about helping people and
doing good for society.
“Batman is a bit of a loner. He’s very intuitive and, while the rest of
the Justice League are using their super powers, he uses his detective
skills to get to the heart of the matter and, in this case, help save
the world. Throughout the course of the story, though, I think he learns
that it's not such a bad thing to have friends.”
Sisto
has logged guest voiceover credits on “American Dad,” “Duckman” and “The
Wild Thornberrys,” but “Justice League: The New Frontier” puts Sisto in
his first animated film and his first super hero role. Unable to join
the majority of the cast in the initial ensemble record, Sisto created
his vocal rendition of Batman while performing alone in a sound booth in
New York City. It was appropriate for the character, a super hero that
prefers to work solo … in Gotham.
“When you're doing a voice for an animated project, you don't have the
props and the different visual things that make it a bit easier for an
actor to make a scene real for you,” he said. “So you're stuck in a
booth alone and you're kind of forced to use your imagination a little
bit more.”
Sisto enjoyed comic books and super heroes during his youth, but he
admits he was eventually led astray from the fanboy path.
“When I was a kid, I liked Superman; when I got a little older, I liked
Wolverine; and then I found girls,” he said.
Interview and images provided by Warner Bros. Animation.
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