Baldur's Gate 3 Cast | FULL PANEL | Neil Newbon and Devora Wilde | MCM Birmingham

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Two of the stars of Baldur's Gate 3 - Neil Newbon (Astarion) and Devora Wilde (Lae’zel) - attended Birmingham, England's MCM Comic Con event in early December to talk with fans about the hit game.
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[@Brassroses]

I love how much Neil is like the biggest hype-man for everyone he worka with, he's so positive

[@bloopagaloota3961]

The guy who asked about if Astarion felt bad about all the hearts he's broken. GIVE HIM A JOB LARIAN

[@feloniousbutterfly]

This was already pretty much answered in canon. He is not proud of it, but he copes with it by telling himself he did what he had to do. I doubt he struggles to trance at night about it.

[@tami3456]

Why though...?

[@midnightdreams8136]

Tbh, I feel like the characters look like the actors, at least somewhat. But Lae'Zel is HOT. And so is the actress, she could have been a model easily.

[@user-ck9lm6xi1o]

The spectrum of how much the actor looks like the character goes from Karlach to Shadowheart

[@Vrakoat]

They look like the characters because they used their own faces in the motion capture sessions.

[@nunpho]

​@@Vrakoatthey didn't use motion capture for the faces in this game. I was surprised when I found that out

[@aClownBaby-]

@@nunpho They did?

[@chad8767]

@@nunpho they did sometimes, like for the famous Lae'zel eye roll.

[@CookCaramier]

The whole cast is brilliant, I love the entire party. Everybody had done an incredible job portraying their characters.

[@ElenaBG3]

Lae’zel played Devora Wilde so well, she might be level 20 now.

[@phirakaia8036]

I had the most tender caring conversation with Astarion in my dark urge play through. Amazing

[@TheMarcHicks]

I can totally relate to Neil with respect to playing D&D as a kid. I was playing the game from the early 80s to the early 90s.....at the time its only claim to fame was a very brief appearance in E.T The Extra Terrestrial &, of course, the ludicrous "Satanic Panic" fiasco. So definitely way before it was "cool".

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

It’s so cool that BG3 can be played multiple times and give players a completely different experience.

[@user-ck9lm6xi1o]

I'm in love with Lae'zel and I won't be taking questions

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

Amazing performance!

[@user-ck9lm6xi1o]

@@Jenny_Oblivion Absolutely. And I couldn't ever imagine anyone playing her other than Devora

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

Lae’ zel is really everyone’s best friend 🙂

[@kimberlymerrill9892]

wow. adore these two, what fabulous actors. thank you for bringing your tremendous skills to these beloved characters!! and a lovely job interviewing as well, fun tone and chemistry 😊

[@mattwassenaar456]

Looking forward to hearing this while delivering the mail in my postal vehicle tomorrow. I’ve found interviews with the cast are inspiring. The writing is fantastic in BG3. Thousands of hours of acting performance, honing their craft, makes this game Art

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

😂Loved l Lae’zel’s ‘give me my toy’ 🤣

[@ssjperez]

Those were great fan questions

[@markmatthews9102]

Great interview, love these guys!

[@maranathaschraag5757]

I could see shadowheart fans naming their daughters Jenevelle

[@anixa4477]

This is a fantastic interview🎉love all the fan questions!!

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

🥳 Cool discovery! I adopted my dog in August 2020 and her temporary name was’Happy Hands’ - turns out there’s a Happy Hands character in the thieves guild in BG3! I didn’t keep the name for her, but turns out it was quite proper!😂

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

Great questions from the audience! My neighbor ( in America) is from Birmingham - I’ll tell him about this 🙂

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

Lae’zel is the best! Unfortunately, for my second play through,Lae’zel got kidnapped! Major loss! First play, Gale was kidnapped 🤣

[@maranathaschraag5757]

TIL there are mocap suits for pregnant people. lol

[@suntiger745]

The mocap suits are fairly elastic from what I recall, since they have to fit different actors with different body shapes quite frequently. Even two people who both use a medium or large mocap suit can be noticeably different in shape.

[@AfroditeBell]

This interviewer is 🔥🔥🔥 yes! Great job!

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

I think the character Astarian would be more of a fan of Depeche Mode ☺️

[@rikremmerswaal2756]

Wasn't Karlach a Gealic name?

[@suntiger745]

A little check online says Karlach is an eastern european surname, particularly in Czechia. The surname Carlach is from Scotland with some instances in Ireland. Written as MacThearlaich in gaeilc from what I saw.

[@doloresabernathy9809]

has the MCM Comic Con given permission to post this here?

[@CurlyAceVentura11]

👏👏👏👏

[@Aneatea]

♥

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

Total Sherlock

[@PalleRasmussen]

FFS Dev, you are gorgeous and a great VA, but wear your trousers properly or not at all. That there looks as silly as baggy pants that hinders your ability to walk by hanging low. Oh well... Two great VAs, Neil is wonderfully weird and positive. He would be so entertaining to have in your TTRPG group. Or have him GM for Matt, Travis, Sam, Laura, Liam, Chris Perkins, Darin da Paul, and Brennan Lee Mulligan. Imagine the chaos.