A Plague Tale: Requiem was one of my favourite games of last year. You might have noticed I recorded – and wrote – a whole Making Of A Plague Tale feature earlier this year. Well, I also spoke to the standout star of it – Charlotte McBurney – who plays Amicia in the game. We spoke shortly before she found out whether she’d won the Performer in a Lead Role BAFTA, which sadly she didn’t – Kratos’ Christopher Judge did. Nor did I manage to publish our conversation, because this year has been very busy. But now there’s a bit of quiet, I’m returning to it, to release it as something of a Christmas gift.
Charlotte McBurney has had an incredible rise to fame. She was only 16 when she was cast in the first A Plague Tale game, Innocence, during the middle of her GCSE exams. Then, when it came time to record, she had to run home from sixth form college to fit it in.
The developer of the game, Asobo, was cautious with McBurney in A Plague Tale: Innocence. She was young and the studio wasn’t sure what she could do – they knew this was McBurney’s first voice acting job. It didn’t take long for McBurney to pick up the skills she needed, though, nor did it take long for Asobo to realise the talent she had. The role quickly increased.
