
When I wore black eyeliner and fingerless skeleton gloves as a middle schooler trying to understand this weird world, the idea of being a "bad girl" really appealed to me, but then I cried at the circus because I felt too awful for the elephants. So the chic, 13-year-old biker persona I'd hoped to cultivate didn't really work out.
Embarrassing. But at least now I know I'm not alone in having a tough time acting tough. After interviewer Todd Kenreck asks her and Final Fantasy 16 actor Ben Starr if they've ever questioned – ethically – a morally gray character they were playing, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3 actress Jennifer English responds resolutely: "I haven't." Though, that doesn't make her current Dark Urge playthrough any more enjoyable.