Neil Newbon, the actor behind the devilishly enchanting vampire Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3, doesn’t want to be typecast in future projects.
Newbon was a well-known actor before playing Astarion, having previously played major roles in Resident Evil 3 Remake, Resident Evil Village, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3, but you could argue his major breakout role was in Baldur’s Gate 3. That seems to be Newbon’s perception, anyway, as he says he’s been avoiding roles that are too similar to Astarion.
“I’ve definitely avoided a few roles recently not because they were bad projects or anything, just because they, for me, the character—they kinda want the Astarion thing,” he tells FRVR. “And it was just like, ‘Well, I don’t really want to do that again. It’s too close to the character I’ve already done, I don’t think I could offer anything necessarily that’s interesting to this particular character.'”
“Not to say that the voice isn’t similar, that’s a different thing, I’m talking about when people say: ‘This character’s just like Astarion!'”, he explains, adding that he’s since done “a lot of work, and all of the jobs I’ve been doing have been wildly different from that in terms of character work.”
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