Baldur's Gate 3 performance director says it's a "shame" video game actors are "not being considered" for adaptations: "Why was Doug Cockle not in the TV series, The Witcher?"

Baldur's Gate 3 screenshot showing companion Shadowheart, a young half-elf woman with long tied-back black hair.

As Baldur's Gate 3 talent like Shadowheart's own Jennifer English share why they hate being referred to as "voice actors" as it "negates" all the other work they put into a role, others state how screen adaptations overlook video game casts – like performance director Aliona Baranova.

Baranova, who also voices Corinna the Squirrel in Larian Studios' big Dungeons & Dragons RPG, highlights as much during a Baldur's Gate 3 anniversary panel moderated by Collider at the Tampa Bay Comic Convention. She points out that not only are video game actors being overlooked during on-screen adaptations' casting, but the dedicated communities backing their favorite titles and voices often are, too.