For some of its cast, Baldur's Gate 3 represented the first major step into the video game world. Jennifer English, who plays Shadowheart, had minor roles in Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Elden Ring before the game propelled her to stardom. Theo Solomon, the voice behind Wyll, has a career on-stage and on-screen, but Baldur's Gate 3 remains his only gaming credit. And, like a combination of English and Solomon, Lae'zel actress Devora Wilde had extensive on-screen acting credits but had never played a leading role in a major video game until this point.
For Wilde, acting in the game proved a massive eye-opener. Before Baldur's Gate 3, the star admits to having a limited understanding of the medium, but afterward she realized that video games could offer "proper storytelling."
Speaking to TheGamer at the launch of an unnanounced project (keep your eyes peeled next week for more on that), Wilde talked to me about what Baldur's Gate 3 meant to her.
"It sounds really bad to say it now, but it was a huge turning point for me," she said. "That was the moment I realized that this is proper storytelling. I really didn't know...
