This bit of dull trivia – which fits pleasingly with Seehorn’s character PluribusCarol Sturka, Being a Romantic Writer—Resurfaced on NPR Wait wait…don’t tell me! podcast. Seehorn, a guest panelist on the show, was asked about his first credit listed on IMDb. long before better call Saul Or PluribusIn 1997, she played the role of “Tutorial Sorceress” Magic the Gathering Video games.
“That was very early work, yes,” Seehorn responded. “In the original game it was, like, software for a card game. But it came with a tutorial… on how to navigate through the game. And me and an actor named Reggie, we were playing the wizard and the witch.”
He continued. “It was so low budget that they didn’t have shoes, but they wanted us to look like we were wearing gladiator magician shoes or whatever. So we’re just wearing tube socks with electrical tape in a criss-cross fashion.”
When asked if she ever actually played the game, Seehorn explained, “I was so excited that there was a picture of me on the back, so I went to Best Buy. Whatever the game was at the time, I couldn’t afford it – it was $45 or something. I showed them the picture of the back, and I said, ‘This is me, oh my God! I did that! Will you give me a copy?'”
Alas, Best Buy didn’t get any freebies back then — but Seehorn’s legacy will live on forever as part of MagicThe NPR interviewer also wondered how many “aging idiots” watched him, Pluribus And he thought she looked strangely familiar in some way.
Listen to Rhea Seehorn’s full interview in the video below; Magic Chat starts in about 26 minutes.
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