Hazbin Hotelhas beenpromised to be grander in scale. Season 1 broke streaming records andtopped Billboard charts. After this success, it’s only natural to want to take the series to the next level in Season 2, which is exactly what Alastor’s voice actorAmir Talaifocused on as he talked withPerri NemiroffforColliderForces.
Nemiroff asked how the actor challenged himself going into the new season. “I think vocally, I’ve always been very, I would say, on the safe side,” Talai shared, which is why he wished to step up his game. “Like, ‘I want to do itright. I want to nail the notes and the rhythms.’ And I think watching Season 1, and especially some of the stuff thatErika [Henningsen]does, thatAlex [Brightman]does, thatJeremy [Jordan]does, the wilder stuff they do in songs was very inspiring to me. So, I took some more risks in Season 2 vocally that I haven’t really taken in my life before. I remember going, ‘Let me try something,Sam [Haft],’ and doing it, and him going, ‘Great. Great.’ I was not expecting that, and it was fun to push myself in that way because of being inspired by them.”
When asked if there was anything Season 2 that he could flag as being “purely” him, that is to say a creative risk he decided to take, Talai coyly replied “I don’t think I need to,” adding “You’re going to hear it, and you’ll go, ‘Oh, that was it.'”
Alastor’s Backstory Will Be Canonized in Season 2
CreatorVivienne Medranoshared at San Diego Comic Con 2024 that Alastor’s backstory would be a focus in Season 2.Medrano told Nemiroff in the interview,“I’ve had him for so long, andI’ve developed him as a character for so longthat people kind of know his backstory. It wasa very high priority formeto canonize that backstorybecause that’s very full circle for me, not only as a storyteller but also just having this character for so long. So, I’m very excited for people to see the legitimately on-screen, canon version of his backstory. I’ve just had it for so long, so I’m very excited for that.”
However, Talai was vague onwhether or not Alastor was redeemable. “I think that anyone is redeemable,” he said. “I think that’s one of the beautiful things about this show. But they have to be willing to put in the work, and the more bad you’ve done, the more work you’re gonna have to do to redeem yourself. So, Alastor did some bad things in his life among living, he’s done some bad things down in Hell, and if he’s going to redeem himself, he has to work very hard. But he has to want it first. I think there are a lot of people who don’t want to be redeemed in Hell and on Earth.”
Hazbin Hotelhas beenrenewed through Season 4 on Prime Video. Check out the full interview below:
Hazbin Hotel
In an attempt to find a non-violent alternative for reducing Hell’s overpopulation, the daughter of Lucifer opens a rehabilitation hotel that offers a group of misfit demons a chance at redemption.
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