Summary

  • Devora Wilde shares her audition tape for Lae'zel, showing us how she landed her role in Baldur's Gate 3.
  • The audition tape shows us a very early characterisation of Lae'zel - but she's just as intense as the githyanki we met in the final game.

Baldur's Gate 3 just turned a year old, and the cast has marked the occasion with tributes online. One of these tributes actually gives us a new look at behind-the-scenes, with actor Devora Wilde sharing her audition tape for Lae'zel.

The video is less than a minute long, but it gives us a look at what would become an absolutely iconic performance. Here, Wilde already embodies everyone's favourite githyanki, as she casually threatens and berates us in the way we all came to know and love throughout our time with Baldur's Gate 3.

Devora Wilde Shares Her First Ever Performance As Lae'zel

These lines don't appear to come from anywhere in the actual game, but given how early in development it would have been at the time, that isn't surprising. Much of the dialogue was rewritten during early access, let alone before the main cast had been found. Still, the lines are undeniably Lae'zel, as her personality shines through with every word.

The best line has to be the last one, in which Wilde was required to actually spit out her drink and call it piss. I can only imagine this was, at one point, intended to be her dialogue at the party you have after either saving or killing the tieflings.

In the final game, this is usually the part where Lae'zel hits on you. Or, she shoots you down and insults you. Either way, it's a great time.

Baldur's Gate 3 might be a year old now, but that doesn't mean it's going anywhere anytime soon. It's still pulling in more than 100,000 players a day on Steam alone, and there's even a huge patch that's set to drop next month. With that said, we do know that Larian is working on two more RPGs, so we'll have to wait and see what it cooks up next.

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Baldur's Gate 3

RPG Systems 5.0/5 25 9.4/10 OpenCritic Reviews Top Critic Avg: 96/100 Critics Rec: 98% Released August 3, 2023 ESRB M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence Developer(s) Larian Studios Publisher(s) Larian Studios Engine Divinity 4.0
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Baldur's Gate 3 is the long-awaited next chapter in the Dungeons & Dragons-based series of RPGs. Developed by Divinity creator Larian Studios, it puts you in the middle of a mind flayer invasion of Faerûn, over a century after the events of its predecessor.

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