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I cant help but hear the Inquisitor from Dragon Age whenever Alix Wilton Regan speaks.
I get told that a lot, she laughs.
Joanna Dark, she’s very close to my voice, there are a few.
I think Inquisitor was a little bit posher.
Because she was supposed to have this kind of noble quality to her, you know?
It was her personality; she’s mature enough to lead and command authority.
I will follow that Inquisitor into battle any time that BioWare calls on me to do so.
It was very emotional to go back into the booth.
We did a lot of sessions, she tells me.
There were a lot of changes.
Two, it felt like such a perfect ending for the Inquisitor and Solas together.
Three, speaking Dalish is quite emotional, just in itself.
I don’t know that I’m particularly good at it, but I’ll certainly try.
So if it’s moved me that much, it’s right.
Fortunately for everyone, that ending is what BioWare included in the final version.
How could I not?
They gave me my start.
I owe so much to BioWare, so I do feel sad about what’s happened.
Mass Effect 3, in between, with Sam Traynor.
You know those people.
It’s always wonderful to work as an actor.
It’s always lovely to know that your work’s appreciated and the company wants you to come back.
Of course, that’s a beautiful thing.
You want to see them work.
You want to see them thrive.
I feel really sad about this consolidation […] I just feel sad that people have moved on.
The Inquisitor is such an established character in the Dragon Age canon.
She is so distinct.
Even if you haven’t played Dragon Age, you’ve heard of it.
To me, she’s so established with her distinct personality and ways of being.
I knew exactly who she was moving forward.
However, she tells me about one thing that did feel strange: listening to her old match file.
Even if the Inquisitor is very similar to me, she’s still different.
She’s not me.
What was fascinating is that the director goes, Okay, can you play Alix a match file?
and that’s my voice from ten years ago.
I was like, oh my God, I was a child when it came out.
Ten years have passed, lots has happened in that time.
But what was interesting is I felt that was how they wrote the Inquisitor as well.
They brought her back older, wiser.
It works, and I love that they did it.
It would have been nonsense if it were three months later.
And also, I don’t have the voice that I had.
Just so employers are very clear, I can still dothatvoice, butmyvoice has changed.
I have to say that although it is brief, her part within Veilguard is also beautiful.
She has quality time in Veilguard as opposed to quantity, and I respect that from BioWare.
The Inquisitor-Solas storyline is so famous, powerful, and emotional.
But I did feel bereft on that last day of recording.
was like, Oof, this is it.
I’ve got to say goodbye to my girl.
I’m of the era where he was a heartthrob.
Fear not, Solavellan fans, she also romanced the big bad Dread Wolf, too.
I’ve also done a bit of Solas.
Those are my three - Iron Bull, Sera, and Solas.
They’re very different.
That you’ve got to give super kudos to.
I also loved in Mass Effect that Sam was an openly gay character.
I loved that she couldn’t be swayed if you were a male Shep.
I thought it was really ballsy.
It cemented who BioWare were as a company for me.
So I loved all of that.
Which storyline are we on now?
She tells me that one thing she loves about both series is the narratives.
I’m just a kind of bog standard classically trained drama school kid, I respond to good writing.
I respond to emotional writing.
I think that’s why I work so heavily as an actor in the RPG world.
That’s where I excel.
I would have loved to have met Jack from ME2, who was Courtenay Taylor’s character.
If she had to pick another Dragon Age character to be, Wilton Regan chooses Morrigan.
She’s kind of hot.
She’s this hot, strong, grounded woman.
I did audition before I became Traynor.
I was auditioning for EDI.
That was quite funny.
That could have all been very different, guys.
However, what Sam Traynor did offer Wilton Regan was a slice of local pride.
I love Sam because also Sam’s a Londoner.
When they were like, We loved your audition.
We just don’t think it’s quite the right place for you in the game.
I was like, So what’s gonna happen?
They’re like, You’re gonna be a Londoner.
And I was like, Cool, I’m down because I am a Londoner born and bred.
Take me to your master.
I really feel that quite strongly.
My job as the actor is not to judge my character for making bad decisions.
Looking back at all the characters shes portrayed, theres one in particular shed like to see return.
She’s the founder of the Creed.
I would love to see Ubisoft do [that].
If anyone deserves it, it’s definitely Aya.
We caught up with renowned actor Ashly Burch on the BAFTA Game Awards red carpet.
