🔴Lae'zel Actor Devora Wilde talks Baldur's Gate 3, Endings & Romance Scenes

Devora Wilde Interview with Dan Allen Gaming for Baldur's Gate 3. We discuss all things Baldur's Gate 3, Lae'zel, Emotional Scenes, Pregancy, Motion Capture, Bulgaria, Voice Acting and so much more!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Devora Wilde Interview Starts
0:51 - Reaction to Baldur’s Gate 3
1:50 - Funny TikTok Videos
2:22 - Pregnant while shooting Baldur’s Gate 3
4:26 - Water Broke while shooting Baldur’s Gate 3
5:32 - Missing Baldur’s Gate 3
6:22 - Food Cravings while Pregnant
6:42 - Born in Bulgaria and Living in Bulgaria
8:58 - Fashion Journalism
10:18 - Singing
11:53 - Landing the role of Lae’zel in Baldur’s Gate 3
14:17 - Does Devora look like Lae’zel?
15:28 - Lae’zel Jerky Movements
16:16 - Reaction to seeing Lae’zel for the first time
17:26 - Does Devora get offended by people hating Lae’zel?
18:46 - Romancing Lae’zel
19:48 - SPOILERS - Lae’zel Confessing her love at Camp and Sunset Scene
23:36 - Emotional Moments
24:55 - Devora and Lae’zel are very similar?
25:55 - What has Devora learnt since the game was released?
27:02 - Teethlings
27:41 - Funny Story from the set of Baldur’s Gate 3
30:45 - Will Devora play Baldur’s Gate 3?
31:51 - Streaming or Reacting to Scenes Live?
32:35 - Romance Speedruns
33:46 - Lae’zel Voice
36:06 - Spells and Insults
37:14 - Githyanki Language
38:54 - Lae’zel Crazy Laughing Scene
39:29 - Baezel
39:51 - What Actress would play Lae’zel?
41:37 - Character Traits
43:17 - Who makes the best food at Camp?
43:46 - Shadowheart and Lae’zel relationship
44:04 - Lae’zel’s Nose
44:41 - Cut Content and Changes to Story
47:26 - The GOAT
47:59 - Devora’s message to the Fans
48:28 - Devora did Stand Up Comedy
50:57 - Bombing at Stand Up
53:05 - What’s next for Devora?
54:07 - Lae’zel talks to Dan
THANKS FOR WATCHING LEGENDS!
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[@DanAllenGaming]

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[@Toddhowardmummy33]

Amazing

[@potfrr]

Wow You're rocking it man!

[@jonbaxter2254]

Wifey!

[@anticorrupcao5631]

Already?!!? F**k yes xD

[@xombiemike]

Bro, you're killing it. You are making this first playthrough even better. Thank you so much for these interviews. I used to have a gaming podcast like this (audio only) and you make me miss it!

[@Benadryllionaire]

Seeing Lae'zel soften as you progress through the acts, even when not romantically involved with her, is incredibly rewarding. She's arguably one of the wittiest party members too, and they're all smart.

[@mattlee4618]

Yeah i felt pretty accomplished when she became more friendly toward me

[@bahlor]

could not agree more, she's pretty awesome. I really really liked her development.

[@snowpey3751]

100%. Seeing her start to compliment the other party members and just become more relaxed and comfortable in general was pretty rewarding, glad I went through the effort to help her even though I didn't really like her

[@littlejohnny41]

For me she isn't developing that much. That said I kinda abandoned her side quest when she wants to talk to the inquisitor, since afaik the only way to do it is to give up the macguffin, which I feel my character would never do and would be a gross betrayal of trust toward all other teammates.

[@PointySuperman]

@@littlejohnny41gotta push back a bit, then agree to go in and kill the person in the artifact, then not do that, and convey the information to her in the astral plane. Also letting her take the lead in githyanki related conversations leads her to coming to her own conclusions about her people and what’s actually going on. It’s actually pretty cool that you can trust characters to be diplomatic and make logical decisions when it really matters.

[@MillyBitchell]

Lae'zel's character development is out of this world. She becomes so sweet and wholesome. There were times where I was proud of her, before remembering "this is just a videogame".

[@tspawn35]

It's funny I wasn't going to use her because Shadowheart and Lae'zel hated each other. However, I wasn't going to visit the Giths without Lae'zel. So, I added her to the party while in the mountain pass and she's been a perm party member ever since.

[@Megatraum504]

im not a save scummer. she pulled weapons on two people and wanted to fight lmao. so be it.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

​@@Megatraum504. I agree with you.

[@nougan_gamer]

After watching/listening to Devora, I can see Lae'zel's fun side, and understand why Lae'zel said "amongst githyanki, I'm considered extremely humorous". 😇☺

[@llamachai]

I love Lae'zel's expressions and mannerisms and the way she seethes every word - especially when she threatens everything under the sun it always makes me smile lmao. Thank you to Devora for the amazing performance!

[@aziouss2863]

It is the mannerism and hand gestures too. I remember the from "navel to neck" act/phrase when describing Ceremorphosis!

[@matijatrajkovic6496]

The saying goes: "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity" You might've been in the right place at the right time, but you've absolutely nailed your role. It's even more impressive due to the gith'yanki terms and the chk's. Thank you for bringing Lae'zel to life.

[@spankmeflanders1466]

meats lmao

[@dracuhl8342]

Lol. Meats.

[@samuelromao4755]

Meats?

[@matijatrajkovic6496]

Jesus the amount of people obsessing over a typo...

[@ethanwintersseveredhand]

@@matijatrajkovic6496its a joke lmao relax😂

[@gryndyl]

Lae'zel cracks me up. She's like the Drax of BG3

[@forester057]

Comon! Drax is lol hilarious and lovable and friendly. Basically the polar opposite of Lizzo Laezel. Admittedly I am level 3 like 20 or so wonderful hrs in. I like her well enough with the big flaming sword that she died getting on the nautilus (yet met me saving her from a trap later and acted like we’d never met lol). But Drax of BG3 is going too far Bub. Too far 😂🤣.

[@gryndyl]

@@forester057 With only 20 hours in you've barely met Laza'el. Giver her some time. Get to know her.

[@ericviper9694]

I'd say Minsk is more Drax of BG3 in all of ways, except being alien warrior

[@ManubibiWalsh]

I’d say Minsc is more of BG3’s Drax…

[@braziliantvhd2768]

Lae'Zel has the most expressive eyes, definitely my favorite character of the game

[@beastrace81]

Devora is such a delight. I love her and her portrayal of Lae'zel.

[@Kenobi_Cowboy]

My lady went full Lae'zel today. "You will marry me. You will do the dishes first." I loved it.

[@Xaedas]

Easily the best voice acting comes from Lae'zel. The voice pierces your ears in the most delightful way.

[@Hockey_Fren]

Lae'zel and Minthara have the best voice acting. I'm partial to Minthara's character so I consider her #1, but Lae'zel is a very close 2nd.

[@raspvidy]

Lae'zel is my favourite and easily the best character in the game. Thank you for doing this interview!

[@drumloverable]

same 😁

[@scattaredlight]

Lae’zel is an integral part of my party. She is awesome, I love her so much and she is beautiful😤

[@wb8156]

Wilde gave such an amazing performance. What a great character.

[@wb8156]

Also, would have been a spoiler if she's been holding a big egg rather

[@RadiantRobbyy]

Excellent interview! Devora Wilde is amazing. There are some incredible characters in this game but Lae'zel is my favorite out of all not just the playable characters but EVERY character in the game. My day one play-through was a lawful good paladin who clashed with Lae'zel on just about every issue possible but despite the conflict I fell in love with how this alien looked, sounded, and evolved over the course of the story. The writing was impeccable but the true magic was how Devora sold all the chks, istyks, ghaiks, and other bizarre alien language ticks which somehow just felt natural by the end of the game. I also couldn't agree more with Devora that divisive characters can sometimes be the most interesting ones to interact with as they can actually challenge your beliefs or at least make you think about each choice from more than one perspective. Dan, if you're reading this, thanks for the best BG3 cast member interview I've seen yet! Bae'zel

[@ohhello937]

My s/o romanced her in our playthrough together and honestly she's one of the best characters. A lot of her romance scenes are wholesome. I think people just see her appearance and attitude and don't give her a chance.

[@shadowrealms2676]

Is not about how someone looks, what matters is how is his/her heart is.

[@bukojoetheslapsoils8273]

@@shadowrealms2676I fell for her looks when the first trailer came out many years ago. XD She's the first one I romanced in EA and "oh wow". I love her. XD

[@bobsteven2363]

She is literally like hitler. She believes her race is superior in every way than the other races. She also believes every race deserves to die because they are not equal to her race. She is also really big into slavery and believes the strong (her race) deserve to control the weak (every other race that isnt her). If you romance her/befriend her, all you do is convince her that you are as strong as her race. You become an exception meanwhile her personality is the same as hitlers. Sure, they can have personal connections, but they still believe in mass slavery and genocide. She loves it anytime you do quirky things like committing mass genocide and murdering children. I know because I went both routes

[@Terminxman]

I mean she's straight up evil a lot of the time, is disappointed any time you do anything nice and loves evil actions.

[@FlingGibstopper]

@@Terminxman That's not really true. Githyanki are extreme pragmatists so any action you do that is pragmatic she will approve of. I played a morally only good paladin and romanced laezel easily, she also approved of most of what I did (saving certain people, killing certain enemies ect)

[@merrygin]

I love it so much that the voice actors seem all so excited and proud about their work with the game. Really awesome.

[@penguins0301]

Lae'zel is a such adorable companion. I can't playing without her, her personality is the best and the most interesting

[@NeverKilledHillock]

True. I've spend over 500 hours in this game and every time I start a new playthrough I say to myself "now a party without Lae'zel", but this never worked out for me. It's like a void no other companion could fill. She is rude, but basically only says the truth and that alone wins my heart.

[@RandomCommenter9]

Lae'zel is my favourite companion, and she's voiced sooo damn well. Spoiler: Especially the scene with the zaith'isk, her performance there really blew me away, such passion.

[@MrElKabano]

It's not a spoiler since nobody would know what's zaith'isk if they didn't go there yet.

[@RandomCommenter9]

@MrElKabano Can't be too careful when it comes to spoilers! It's not a big deal but someone could read my post, then when they arrive at the Zaith'isk, it would be less of a surprise performance.

[@h8everythingdies]

She gets my dragon weiner nightly.Her breasts are perfect.

[@sloakz]

Devora is such a lovely guest, great interview

[@virtualsaturn89]

I don't think the actors look like their characters, but you can definitely see their performances shine through. The movement for the eyes, mouths, and mannerisms for all of them are very well captured and rendered in the game.

[@coolbeanzbeef]

Astarion is the one that's almost identical in my book. For Lae'Zel and Devorah it's the eyes and eyebrows that share a similarity.

[@wkcia]

Nah Lae’zel definitely looks like Devorah

[@lucidd4103]

Lae'zel is one of my preferred character for many reasons. One of them is seeing she is the most fanatic but you actually want to believe her. She is an amazing character for sure.

[@SimiCantStandYaBits]

One of the best interviews Dan's done. Great chemistry between the two of you, I think a gameplay series together would be great.

[@bminturn]

Lae'zel is the best character in the game. She's hilarious.

[@Kyrillion1]

I love Lae'zel by far the most deep character friendship/romance in the game .

[@korrul]

I feel there is something very unique and excellent in the way she is acted, because usually character would get "fixed" by a "relationship" - but thankfully, not in this case. I feel like we don't really change her, not the core of her - we help her live her truth more fully and help her add to the way she experience the world, and occasionally be willing to risk being vulnerable to get something she wants. (Also, she is kinda of a poet)

[@SnakeSkinz]

​@@korrulCouldn't have said it better myself! And she is super poetic

[@CptVein]

At first, it was all about Shadowheart. Then I meet Karlach and she stole my heart. But now, after finishing the creche, Lea'zel might be the one. Doesnt hurt that she goes hard on my monk.

[@TheDarkLasombra]

I'm playing a gith run. Watching the betrayal hit her after the creche and the change in her attitude from sycophant to independent warrior is so satisfying.

[@Mairahlk]

I had such a great time watching this, what a ball. She is so fun and you guys had great chemistry. Smiled and laughed the whole way through

[@guardian-X]

Great interview, she seems also like a great person! ❤

[@lillkvirran]

Great interview this! Loving the whole series with the BG3 actors so far! Lae'zel was probably my favorite companion for my first BG3 run. She reminds me a lot of Wenduag from WOTR, in the ways of how you can psoitively influence the characters, and as they then start opening up to your character it feels so rewarding. There's a really sweet character underneath the hard and tough exterior. Great writing and acting in both cases.

[@allofyourdreams]

She being a Bulgarian is the biggest surprise I didn't expect fom this interview :D Браво на момичето за успеха и на нея и на Борислав Славов!

[@mikeconstanza]

"Taste. Lower."

[@Wanzie]

What a bubbly gem of a person Devora is! Thanks for being passionate about what you do ❤

[@Kumquats83]

Lae'zel is so extreme in her opinion that her change through the game makes her one of the most interesting characters.

[@kostasathanasopoylos2848]

Devora's smile is one of the best i have seen in my life she did a great job with Lae'zel and she has a great personality!! Great interview!!

[@ardentdfender4116]

She’s a Gem of an actor and great voice. Great interview. I’ve seen several interviews with her at this point and this interview was the only one I remember that asked if she will be playing the game, playing it or can she play. Hopefully someone gets her a PS5 or a good PC to play the game she very much helped to bring to life with her acting.

[@deceiver444]

I truly fell in love with this character. The romance arc with Lae'zel is great.

[@exteelgolem]

Devora's performance as Laezel is incredible. Thanks for the interview.

[@godwings101]

Loving all of these interviews. It's really cool seeing how passionate the cast and crew are.

[@amegaplay3044]

Devora is beautiful! And it was a pleasure to hear Laezel's voice in the end) I want to hear her more!

[@AsaNoGaijin]

Lae'zel is my favorite character, Devora Wilde has done an amazing job bringing this amazingly complex and interesting character to life.

[@H880]

I'm all in on Karlach, but when Lae'zel puts on the saucy talk, I have to adjust my collar. Devora did a great job.

[@H880]

And she's a stunner.

[@MR-ri1qp]

I love Lae'zel! Ive had a fondness for Githyanki since the early 90s and Devora totally nailed the character/race and did a bang-up job!

[@MaximumCarnage-]

Great interview and Devora seems super chill.

[@MATTP545]

I think it says something about the amount of passion and love for the art that these voice actors have that they will spend hours even just talking about their experience opening the door to what it was like to be a part of this process. This is a truly special game and I almost passed it up cause I hate turn based play.

[@chrism6315]

Wasn't expecting lae'zels voice actor to be karlach 😅, same energy Edit: i appreciate the honesty too. Too often you get actors pretending to be fans of something they arent and its really transparent.

[@doushi7006]

Lae´zel is my favorite character and romance. At first I didnt like her, but further the game got and I saw more of the character, I just started liking her more and more, stone cold killer with stern and angry facial expression and voice slowly getting softer and softer. Expecially the last camp scene with her, just amazing.

[@sjhotz]

What a classic beauty, with a wonderful attitude, thanks so much!!

[@gorbataiagora5920]

Какая светлая и позитивная девушка! Спасибо за Лаэзель и подаренные эмоции😊

[@Neltharaku037]

A fellow bulgarian? Wonderful!

[@highlyevolved4977]

Beautiful person inside and out! Amazingly talented too.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Thank you for another great interview Dan!

[@L33C333]

Love Lae'zel's character and a huge thank you to Devora for playing her, also a thank you to Dan for the interview

[@JeremyCuddles]

Bae'zel is the best companion. And honestly, Devora's smile brightens up the room. What the heck. Lovely lady brought an amazing character to life. This game never ceases to amaze me, even away from the game. Lol.

[@VietnamT0M]

It's cool that they recorded the class specific lines for each origin character. Like the insults for bard or spells for wizard/sorcerer. I didn't think about having to record lines for when someone changes one of the origin characters' classes until she was talking about recording the insults.

[@mercrazzle]

It handles changing them, but also I think it’s maybe just as common that people multiclass, so gotta handle that

[@seansilence2697]

I was thinking about this the other day. I am nearing the end of my second playthrough (and watching other people play) and I noticed that there are definitely lines that are slightly different depending on who your character is. It's the same line, but tweaked to match your player character. That's a ton of work to be willing to take the time to say the same line multiple ways to make it feel more immersive. It's impressive.

[@rebeccawalilko960]

I *made* my D&D character for Baldur's Gate specifically to romance Lae'zel. I absolutely adore her. Lae'zel's dry humor is so infectious and Devora is such a sweetheart... This was so fun to listen to!

[@TheHappyCatsTail]

every single one of these performers need to be utterly smothered in praise. they all absolutely smashed it

[@Degreesoffreedom7]

Awesome interview. Lae'zel is so charismatic due to the confidence masterfully portrayed.

[@Lazram]

Great Interview Dan. You do so well getting the meat of the conversation.

[@MicrophoneAssassin13]

Bae'zel. Love this character

[@cricrofinou]

I cried so hard during the sunset scene, it felt good seeing Lae'zel evolve in such a wholesome way!

[@vitaliyromanyuk3034]

Such a wonderful people Dan and Dev are!

[@jamison85]

I started out the game following Shadowheart's romance plotline, but kept things warm with Lae'Zel as well and now I'm at the point where I need to decide. Honestly, not an easy decision, both are such interesting characters, but Lae'Zel is the one that hands down grew on me over time.

[@RJTheCerealGuy]

Do shart.

[@gingercultleader5500]

I was going with Shadowheart on my first playthrough and didn't get Lae'zel until late in act 1. I was surprised when Lae'zel expressed interest in my character in Act 2. I went with Shadowheart, but legitimately felt bad for Lae'zel. Especially when I had to tell her.

[@EPICSAWIKI]

Laezel is hands down my favorite companion to bring, nice to see her voice actor is just as fun to talk too lol

[@Qwantopides]

I loved the character of Lae'zel! She was grating in the beginning, but even then you could feel she has a strong sense of purpose and mission, but won't blindly stick with her believes. Even though I didn't play with her in my party in the first play-through, because wanted to go a first run with Karlach, I knew at the half point in chapter one, that next time Lae'zel will be coming with me. Completely skipped the monastery section too, so there would be even more new things next time around. :)

[@Bruno-qx8nh]

I'm in love with Lae'zel! She is so fierce, yet so sweet, like she can kill you or love you, you choose. So many people say she is rude or something but it's their faul for trying to be the nice guy while having her around, she doesn't like softies lol There's this part in which she confront you and you can use the parasite to get into her mind so you find out she is actually scared of not being seen as the might githyanki warrior for her queen, so you understand what's going on with her attitude, it's so interesting to see all these iteractiosn between the characters in the game!

[@markmatthews9102]

Such a great character, such amazing work by her!

[@8vI]

omg I am so excited to watch all of these ~~~!!!

[@wertywerrtyson5529]

I didn’t have much interest in romancing the character but after watching this I’m interested. Love that Devore is so expressive with her facial expressions. As someone on the spectrum who have trouble reading facial expressions I love when people have these exaggerated facial expressions which makes it a lot easier. Also because I never do them myself. My wife has to keep saying “pretend you are happy” “pretend you love me” because I fail to emote and I’m not even realising it. Being able to be so expressive is impressive for me. She seems very happy and funny and I’m more interested in the character after watching this interview.

[@OhLookItsRob]

This game very much flew under my radar until about last year and I started following it’s release closer. However I do remember seeing images of Lae’zel all the time before I knew where she was from. I just knew she had a very cool design and never knew how to search who she was 😂. That being said she is a great character in a great game!

[@wmper33378]

You guys have great chemistry. Great interview!

[@jonbaxter2254]

Dan has mad chemistry with everyone.

[@SystemUnderSiege]

Everyone did such a fantastic job on this game but Lae'Zel really hit it out of the park. Just tons of energy that you can FEEL.

[@joesergeev8643]

YO,massive thank you for that Interview with Devora.Had I great time watching this video.We need more of this,especially on all that hypetrain of this game.I wish(not only me here),if one day you will drop us an interview with Jennifer English or Maggie Robertson.Keep on going with your big effort and cool videos,you have my sub and soul😈.

[@polblanes]

I love Lae'zel! I did my first good playthrough with a custom character, romanced Shadowheart like most people probably... (maybe they can release some telemetry on who's the most romanced character hahaha) but Lae'zel's story arch is the most engaging and interesting to me and the way she changes through the game as she gets to understand the party members and you is really rewarding. So much so, that it's the first origin character I've started a playthrough with! AND SHE HAS THE MOST KICKASS INTRODUCTION SCENE

[@WmJFaust]

Lovin' her so very much! Pure greatness.

[@DarkScreamGames]

Bae'zel

[@polinazaitseva2016]

her sense of humor is soo good, watched the whole interview

[@ploed]

She has such a powerful smile, love her :D

[@GoodMorningButch]

I'm going through my first playthrough of the game and I picked Lae'zel as my player character

[@ManMeatDwight]

Lovely interview

[@jonbaxter2254]

Yes, my man is collecting them all! Honestly, I like Lae'zel. I find her sheer-minded determination to get a job done admirable and she isn't always cracking wise. Plus "Teeth-lings" lol.

[@kutlumzrak2689]

Its rhe eyes. Because translating mocap from around eyes is hardest . So making that region look like devorah made it much easier for em. Eyes are very expressive in this game so I can definitely see how every actor's' eye structure was on the character they were voicing. Like look at astarion. His eyes are almost one to one same as newbon.

[@swindon6931]

Her voice acting for Lae'zel is fantastic.

[@kiloyardstare]

I love that when she says the githyanki words she automatically does the head motions.

[@Onecutetiger]

Can't wait to meet devora at comic con, so excited!

[@arthura.8836]

What a beautiful person! Such talent!

[@JHNbazil]

Lae'zel was my favourite character in the game my first time through she carried me all the way as the gith train she can be.

[@Elidrys]

She is so perfectly Lae'zel and makes me love and appreciate her more.

[@ruocaled]

20:20 Glad to hear Kevin VanOrd is doing a great job as a writer and wrote this amazing character! He was my favorite editor at gamespot years ago, reviewed demon souls and gave it game of the year when nobody knows what the heck the game is. Way to go!

[@ZaeBae22]

She's so gorgeous wow and also arguably the best VA out of every companion

[@Sveakungen]

Lae'zel is so good, been in my Party since the beginning. Shes such a great person to be sleeping with!! Love the voice acting!!

[@dubcOG610]

Lae’zel is my favorite character, everyone loves Karlach but I can’t even drop lae’zel to try her out. She has this contrast of tough and gentle that really hits for me.

[@rin7564]

At first, didnt like Laezel, hardly used her. Now, shes my BFF and one of THE best fighters and so witty!

[@charlesboots6508]

I'm giving her credit for the eye roll. Love for Lae'zel began there.

[@Kronx1970]

Lae'zel ended up being my favorite companion character. I would have never had said that if you asked me 2 hours into the game, but by Act3, she was my favorite. I'm eager for another playthrough, and I want to do it completely different, yet I can't imagine playing BG3 without her in my party.

[@sheeeple2069]

Thanks bro

[@Baatfull_Ocolm]

.... She does look like Lae'zel. Amazing work by the cast.

[@bastian_1991]

Devora, I must admit, I thought Lae'zel was a very interesting character, well written, typical of her culture, then realising her culture and her leaders are not what she thought. And your interpretation is TOP!!!!! Absolute Chef's Kiss! And listening to your voice here and now, you are SO different to Lae'zel! That means you're a great voice actress. Well done you! PS: Love figs!!! I live in the UK too and I'm due a visit to my home country, Spain, soon, and I'm going fig-picking too!!! They're due in September!

[@mrtablefacemousefin]

Great!

[@bstork1664]

yeah the eyes. but as ive known your voice for many hours now just hearing you speak i think helps my mind think you having a liking to your character in real life

[@17thknight]

I think she might be right. It might be the combination of the gestures, her voice, and the slight similarity in the eyes. It just really strikes a chord and makes me see Lae'Zel in her quite a lot (which, for me, is a good thing, Lae'Zel is my favorite character.)