
Can I make a confession? Can I make it even if I'm pretty sure I've said it before, multiple times, on this very website? I can? Great. Lae'zel is my favourite companion from Baldur's Gate 3. Yes, yes, everyone loves Karlach and the fancy vampire boy, but for me? I couldn't go anywhere without dragging my Songun BFFL along for the ride. Much like real life, I just can't get invested in someone if there isn't some implicit threat of violence against my person at all times.
What was I saying? Oh right, Lae'zel's the best, and it's in no small part down to the stellar voicework by her actor, Devora Wilde. And you know what? It turns out she kind of had the character absolutely nailed right from the start. In a post on Twitter earlier today, Wilde posted the "forty six seconds that changed her life," her "one and only audition" for the role of Lae'zel in BG3 that ended up landing her the part.