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‘There Isn’t Much Sway Held by Past Success’: Baldur’s Gate 3 actors reveal it hasn’t boosted their careers (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] Coelacanth@aggregatet.org 93 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Samantha Béart (who plays Karlach in the game), Theo Solomon (Wyll) and Dave Jones (Halsin) were asked how the success of the game had changed their lives and careers.

Okay listen I don't want to sound rude, but I'm not that surprised. Maybe Karlach deserves a bit more recognition but while both Wyll and Halsin were both fine and perfectly adequate, I can't say that either was the kind of memorable performance that gets you tons of new roles. Though it's also in part due to the script and direction of course.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Got to agree. The voice work that really stood out in my opinion was done by Amelia Tyler (narrator) and Devora Wilde (Lae'zel). Everyone else was good and I REALLY enjoyed Karlach. I even did a play through with her as the origin character but it was because of the character design and writing more than the voice acting.

[–] scops@reddthat.com 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I would add Neil Newbon to the list that really stood out. I thought his acting through the end of Astarion's quest line was the best in the game.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

It's been over a year and I still think about him pleading with himself, trying to decide what to do.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And not because you want to marry Karlach

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Would they want to marry her if her voice acting was shit though?

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Definitely not shit but nothing special either.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

The way she says "fuck yes" does it for me

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The game had a huge cast with many memorable characters and moments. Not everyone was going to shine through especially with some fantastic performances like you mentioned.

I think the title of the post is just deceiving and should be changed to the title of the actual article. And perhaps the article title was changed too but it is a more accurate title of the situation.