"There's a weird disconnect," Béart reflects during the Golden Joystick Awards 2025, "between, maybe, developers' attitude towards where we fit in the ecosystem – where we're not actually part of the team – versus the players, who very much see us as the forefront. More like film and TV." "Interesting times we live in," Béart says. As Béart notes with her comparison to more traditional mediums for actors like film, story-driven games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – for which Baldur's Gate 3 alumna Jennifer English won Best Lead Performer at the Golden Joysticks – seem to have been increasing fans' loyalties to not only a game's characters, but also to their actors. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actors have also been in other hits like Baldur's Gate 3 and Final Fantasy 16, but assure "we're going to be a part of some absolute stinkers, too" Baldur's Gate 3 Shadowheart actor says "I really like doing morally questionable things in video games" as a performer, but Dark Urge is too challenging as a player: "I'm trying so hard to be evil" "It saved my life": Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says performance capture acting in games pulled him out of "£34,000 worth of debt" and "years of not doing very well" Even so, Béart says video game actors need to take their own initiative in capturing the momentum, because studios won't necessarily do it for them. "I feel like we weaponize social media and algorithms to do that," she tells us, "because I think we're still seen as outsources for a lot of the time." On a similar note, Expedition 33 cast member Charlie Cox recently reminded the industry how many talented people it can take to make just one handsome hero in a game, crediting protagonist Gustave's appeal to his performance capture actor Maxence Cazorla. "This is gracious of Cox and it helps shed light on some of the very specific challenges of video game performances," said voice of Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2, Roger Clark. "It takes a village." Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor says the biggest misconception around the Tiefling is that she's a "sweet" and "happy-go-lucky person": "She was a piece of work in hell."