Baldur's Gate 3's Neil Newbon would love to play Astarion again: "Live action or game, I don't care – an advert for grape juice"

Baldur's Gate 3 screenshot showing Astarion, a pale male elf with short curly white hair and red eyes, looking over his shoulder with a smirk on his face
(Image credit: Larian Studios)

Neil Newbon, the actor who plays Astarion in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Baldur's Gate 3, has said he would "love" to reprise his role as the fan-favori꧋te sexy vampire.

The Astarion actor gushed over the character in a recent interview with , where he was asked about his career's next steps. "There are definitely people I'd love to work with," Newbon said, pointing to God of War rebooters Sony Santa Monica, Marvel's Spider-Man makers Insomniac Games, and The Last of Us studio 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Naughty Dog as examples. Also, "Bethesda stuff - I love Falꦇlout, man. I'd love to do that."

Newbon couldn't detach himself fully from th꧅e Baldur's gate 3 'moment' that's been lasting almost a full year, though. "To be honest with you, I'd love to play Astarion again, somehow," he said. "I would love to do that. That ♉would be awesome. Live-action or game, I don't care. Advert for grape juice, I don't know, whatever."

Developer Larian Studios has been pretty firm in the notion that it won't be returning to t♕he D&D license in any form, meaning the team has closed the door on an expansion or a sequel to the smash hit RPG. So, if we do end up seeing Astarion again, it might not be from the team that bought us Baldur's Gate 3. License holder Hasbro has said it's active🐽ly huntꦇing partners for a potential Baldur's Gate 4, however.

We can't blame Newbon too much fo♐r not wanting to say goodbye to Astarion because, well, he's great, but also because working on the character was seemingly a pretty personal exercise for the actor. Working on Astarion apparently took around a year, and Newbon said he drew inspiration from three of his real life friends, who all unknowingly shaped Astarion's personality.

“I realized very quickly this was D&D”: Astarion actor Neil Newbon sniffed out Baldur’s Gate 3, or maybe Icewind Dale 3, and put in for 10 of the RPG’s 12 races mid-Final Fantasy 16.

Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely ꦅsilly. Also has an English Literature an♔d Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.