The actor behind Baldur's Gate 3 vamp Astarion, [Neil Newbon] "definitely avoided a few roles" because the studios wanted "the Astarion thing" (www.gamesradar.com)

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It's too close to the character I've already done

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[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, I could see that. Which is one reason why I think Jennifer English in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 worked so well. She's an amazing voice actor and played a roll that was basically nothing like Shadowheart. After an hour of playing you don't even notice they are the same voice anymore. If Neil Newbon did "the Astarion thing" in another game it'd just be pandering for the sake of money and that seems disingenuous.

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