{"id":1118790,"date":"2023-01-01T23:11:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T23:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/1118790\/"},"modified":"2023-01-01T23:11:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T23:11:50","slug":"gandalf-roasts-the-best-game-ever-made-ep-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/1118790\/","title":{"rendered":"Gandalf ROASTS the best game ever made  [Ep 2]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G3r8fd6qzXQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nLearn Impressions: https:\/\/skl.sh\/3dmmGr6<br \/>\nCome see me perform live: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZawJ8G<\/p>\n<p>Buy a Voiceover: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2QOBcLz<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/charlie.hopkinson4\/<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Voiceraptor<br \/>\nSnapchat: chopkinson92<br \/>\nWebsite: https:\/\/www.charlie-hopkinson.com\/<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/c_hopkinson<br \/>\nPatreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/user?u=3213723<br \/>\nMerchandise: shop.spreadshirt.co.uk\/CharlieHopkinson<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Hopkinson is a comedic impressionist, impersonator, voice guy, whatever you want to call it who specialises in voices from current television shows and films. His standup is a character act about a retired maths teacher, his standup set includes impressions of Sir David Attenborough, Robin Williams, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Peaky Blinders, Tommy and Arthur Shelby and Gandalf from Lord of the Rings.<\/p>\n<p>Always looking to update my roster I look to try out subscriber suggested impressions in the impressions challenge series before honing the best ones. Recently I have added Peaky Blinders and Marvel \/ Avengers characters to my arsenal!<\/p>\n<p>I currently run a number of series including:<br \/>\nImpression Reels &#8211; The very best impressions I can do, Including LOTR, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Peaky Blinders, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Cartoons .etc<br \/>\nImpression Challenges &#8211; Trying out new impressions in a less polished form.<br \/>\nImpression Dramatic song covers &#8211; Voices of Reason.<br \/>\nLow Budget Animation &#8211; Stickman sketch remakes of Iconic Tv shows and movies.<br \/>\nHow to do Impressions &#8211; An audience lead tutorial series where I attempt to pass on my Impressions knowledge.<br \/>\nDubs &#8211; Comedic dubs of iconic scenes with new dialogue, (My Peaky Blinders and Lord of The Rings dubs have grossed over 6 million views on Facebook)<br \/>\nStandup &#8211; Clips from Standup sets I have performed over the last year.<br \/>\nComedy Sketches &#8211; Comedy Sketches<\/p>\n<p>I started learning impressions in 2012, at the age of 20. You can follow my full impressions journey in my new \u2018How to do impressions\u2019 tutorial series<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from the University of Warwick in the summer 2013 he took 4 months out to concentrate on Youtube videos full time, including producing his most viewed video to date \u2018Morgan Freeman and 40 other impressions\u2019 with just over 12 million views. This foray into being a \u2018full time Youtuber\u2019 was cut short as he went travelling for 3 months before starting a 2 year teaching Graduate scheme with Charity \u2018Teach First\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>While teaching he has performed in and narrated the 4 episode series \u2018Lookalikes\u2019 as Morgan Freeman. The show and the narration received a positive reception. The show aired on Channel 4 during the prime time slot of Friday 10pm for three weeks. It is now currently available on Netflix. Charlie also performed with other well known impressionists for an unaired pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie has worked for several prominent brands in relation to their products, including google and formula 1.<\/p>\n<p>Since the summer of 2016 Charlie has once again dived into the world of YouTube, for the first time producing content on a weekly basis. He is also focusing on live performance; he has performed in live venues a total of 3 times to date.<\/p>\n<p>His top impressions include:<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Freeman (Red -Shawshank redemption)<br \/>\nSir Ian McKellen (Gandalf \u2013 Lord of the Rings)<br \/>\nAaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman \u2013 Breaking Bad)<br \/>\nAlan Rickman (Snape \u2013 Harry Potter)<br \/>\nMichael Caine (Alfred \u2013 Batman)<br \/>\nJon Snow (Game of Thrones)<br \/>\nJack Sparrow (Pirates of the Carribean)<br \/>\nChristoph Waltz (Django Unchained, Inglorious bastards)<br \/>\nAlec Guiness (Ben Kenobi \u2013 Star Wars)<br \/>\nAgent Smith (The Matrix)<br \/>\nSean Bean (Boromir \u2013 Lord of the Rings)<br \/>\nRichard Armitage (Thorin Oakenshield \u2013 The Hobbit)<br \/>\nCharles Dance (Tywin Lannister \u2013 Game of Thrones)<br \/>\nTyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones)<br \/>\nBryan Cranston (Walter White \u2013 Breaking Bad)<br \/>\nFrank Underwood (House of Cards)<br \/>\nTommy Shelby (Peaky Blinders)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn Impressions: https:\/\/skl.sh\/3dmmGr6 Come see me perform live: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZawJ8G Buy a Voiceover: htt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1118791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[593406],"tags":[658918,185693,3735,3696,5110,14683,683215,51052,683213,48821,83355,18604,482113,482106,437270,33129,6447,19025,16959,683216,10744,683214,20457,30593,683217],"class_list":{"0":"post-1118790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2023-spring","8":"tag-2023-spring","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-comedy","11":"tag-funny","12":"tag-game","13":"tag-gaming","14":"tag-gandalf","15":"tag-impersonation","16":"tag-impersonator","17":"tag-impression","18":"tag-impressionist","19":"tag-lets-play","20":"tag-lord-of-the-rings","21":"tag-lotr","22":"tag-opus-colors","23":"tag-plays","24":"tag-ps4","25":"tag-ps5","26":"tag-retro","27":"tag-return-of-the-king","28":"tag-singing","29":"tag-that-i-get","30":"tag-voice","31":"tag-xbox","32":"tag-xobx-one"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1118790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1118791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1118790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1118790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1118790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}