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Baldur's Gate 3 has 10 beloved companions, with 6 being playable origins and eight having their own romance routes. With the game being so popular, it's odd to think that one of the companions with both of these attributes is the one often sidelined. Though Minthara is the least romanced character, Wyll is often ranked as the worst companion.

One of Baldur's Gate 3's strengths is its in-depth character stories, so it's inevitable that some characters will be slightly less popular than the rest. But when it comes to Wyll, a large proportion of fans dislike him. However, there may be a reason why he is so pushed to the side despite being a main character relating to his time in development. Could Larian have saved Wyll's popularity?

Wyll Had A Huge Change After Early Access Wyll Was Originally Written With A Very Different Personality

Those who played Baldur's Gate 3 whilst it was...

The creator of the show Samskara on how race, masculinity, psychology and emotion have shaped his work for stage and screen – and why he never wants to be put in a box

Who is Lanre Malaolu? Speaking to the young actor, director, writer, choreographer and film-maker via Zoom, the question keeps occurring, albeit in different guises. Characteristically, Malaolu responds not with answers, but with stories. For example: “About five years ago I had a meeting with a quite well-known agent and she said it’s good that you do all these things, but I just don’t know where I can put you. And in my head I was like but that’s the whole point!”

Look over Malaolu’s life story, and it does indeed look like the whole point. Born and raised in Hackney, east London, he remembers having a lot of energy as a kid and not...

The film-maker and choreographer says growing up on a Hackney council estate inspired his new Guardian documentary

In our new Guardian documentary, film-maker, choreographer and performance artist Lanre Malaolu explains how he merges documentary interviews with dynamic movement to convey a deep emotion behind words.

The Circle explores the lives of two black brothers, David and Sanchez, growing up in east London. Malaolu uses bold movement to mirror the emotional psychology of masculinity, mental health, stigma and the wider community. Set within the environment of the brother’s housing estate, the film takes an innovative approach to storytelling, dividing the screen between movement and interview, choreography and real life.

The project will play as two feature-length volumes.

UK anthology film The Uncertain Kingdom has switched to an online release on June 1, following the cancellation of its April 3 theatrical launch due to coronavirus.

Released through Verve Pictures, the film will play as two feature-length volumes, available on BFI Player, iTunes, GooglePlay, Amazon Prime Video and Curzon Home Cinema.

Three of the 20 titles will premiere from May 18 via the BFI’s social media channels, in advance of the full launch. Those are David Proud’s Verisimilitude, Lanre Malaolu’s The Conversation, and Carol Salter’s Left Coast.

Verve Pictures said the...

Directors include Bifa winners Jason Wingard and Carol Salter.

The Uncertain Kingdom, the £200,000 short film initiative aiming to provide a portrait of the contemporary UK, has unveiled the 20 films on its slate.

Actors participating in the projects include Alice Lowe (Sightseers), Mark Addy (Game Of Thrones), Steve Evets (Apostasy), Hugh Dennis (Fleabag), Andy Hamilton (What We Did On Our Holiday), Ruth Madeley (Years & Years) and Laurie Davidson (Cats).

Screen can also reveal an exclusive first look at one of the titles, Hope Dickson Leach’s Strong Is Better Than Angry, above.

Each film is receiving £10,000. The finance is privately raised.

Verve Pictures to distribute completed films at the end of the year.

The £200,000 short films initiative The Uncertain Kingdom, launched in December 2018, has finalised the 20 directors who will each receive £10,000 to finance a short film project.

Joining the previously announced Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling) are the Oscar-winning Orlando Von Einsiedel (The White Helmets), International Emmy winner Guy Jenkin (Outnumbered) and Bifa winner Carol Salter (Almost Heaven).

Also on the roster are four former Screen Stars of Tomorrow: actor/writer/director Antonia Campbell-Hughes, writer/director Rubika Shah, and producers Helen Simmons and Yaw Basoah.

The full list of project teams can be found below.

In his dance-theatre solo about a young working-class man, Lanre Malaolu draws on his own experiences with depression

A couple of years ago, the actor and choreographer Lanre Malaolu was creating a duet about mental health. “I was working with an amazing contortionist dancer,” he remembers. “But for various reasons she had to drop out … I didn’t have time to get anyone else.” He swears under his breath and smiles, before explaining how he sat in his living room and tried to come up with a quick solo performance. “I was like, ‘What’s one of the challenges that I’ve experienced with anxiety, depression? Getting out of bed.’”

The scene Malaolu made “was almost verging on clownish. I was using physical theatre and hip-hop movement to show this guy just wanting to get up.” The performance went down a storm. “People were really affected by it, and were like,...

The Sissoulu family are distraught in the next episode of The Bill when DC Jacob Banks (Patrick Robinson) reveals that their son Danny (Tunji Lucas) has died. Later, Danny's alleged attacker Craig Middleton (Andrew Tiernan) informs the police that Danny, his brother Kip (Mohammed Mansaray) and friend Mo Campbell (Lanre Malaolu) attacked him with a knife and he only lashed out in self-defence. Armed with (more)...