Baldur's Gate 3 It is a dank, dark cave for Bhaal, their resident god of murder and skull-faced father, to spread evil. But it wouldn't be able to do it as efficiently if it weren't for the squeaky voice of The Witcher 3 actor Doug Cockle. , creepy voice.
“I recorded for less than an hour,” explains Cockle in a recent interview with the website Geektown. “Believe [Bhaal] It had like 23 lines that we recorded. But I was just excited to be a part of it.”
Despite Bhaal's limited dialogue, which Cockle delivers in an eerily smoky tone, the character is central to Baldur's Gate 3, with unbreakable ties to The origin of the Dark Urge of Baldur's Gate 3. Players who choose to walk that bloody narrative path will eventually delve deeper and deeper into Bhaal's evil control.
But Cockle's personal origin story for his role in Baldur's Gate 3 is much cuter than that.
“I was at a gaming event and ran into [Astarion voice actor] Neil Newbon“Recalls Cockle. “We were talking about Dungeons & Dragons, and I was talking about how much I loved never winter nights and the old Baldur's Gate games, […] and he just stood there nodding at me.
“He just said, 'Maybe you'll get a call from me next week,'” Cockle continues. “He said, 'You didn't hear it from me, but we're shooting Baldur's Gate 3, and we've been doing it for a while, and there are some minor but important characters that haven't been cast yet.' […] I thought, “Yes, please, yes! I would love to be in Baldur's Gate 3.” The rest is history.
The Baldur's Gate 3 actor behind her beloved companion Shadowheart says she's “open” to returning for another role-playing game, if she doesn't turn the character into “a cartoon version of her.”