TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Samuel Roukin Interview Starts 0:21 - Actor’s & Writer’s Strike 4:16 - Sam can usually have over 100 Auditions a Year 5:03 - Being an Artist and having a Creative Mind 8:02 - Becoming a DJ 11:24 - DJ vs Acting Career 13:02 - Curating and Collecting Underground Music 14:14 - Moby (Musician) 16:02 - What makes (Crescendo - Are You Out There) a Masterpiece? 17:53 - Samuel’s latest Remix - Rainbow 19:05 - Trance Music 19:59 - Samuel’s first big TV Series in America - Turn: Washington Spies 21:59 - War isn’t pretty 22:24 - Working on a Harry Potter Film Set 24:43 - Harry Potter Behind the Scenes 26:49 - Sam wanted to take home his Harry Potter Wand 28:10 - Taking Risks and not having a backup plan 29:29 - Going back to theatre after 12 years 32:16 - The feeling just before you hit the Live Stage 34:55 - Playing Ghost in Call of Duty 36:06 - Modern Warfare 3’s Story and Characters 38:20 - Ghost is a Badass 38:59 - Ghost and Soap Interrogation Scene 41:56 - Ghost Backstory and Lore 42:40 - Working with Price Actor Barry Sloane & Cast of COD 44:53 - GOAT of Football (Soccer) 48:01 - Soap’s Big Scene (Spoilers) 51:24 - Ghost’s heart wrenching reaction to Soap Scene (Spoilers) 54:01 - Neil Ellice Soap Actor’s Reaction 57:09 - Ghost’s Character Progression 58:36 - Future of Ghost in Call of Duty 1:00:28 - Playing Ghost is a highlight of Sam’s Career 1:02:42 - Sam has one of the best jobs in the world 1:03:18 - Sam’s message to the fans 1:03:45 - Sam’s new Film & Live Streams 1:06:00 - Final Thanks

Samuel's portrayal of Ghost is unmatched. As much as i love the og MW games, Sam's Ghost is the best character in the reboots.

love to see he has gotten more comfortable since the last interview

Remember, switching to your pistol is always faster than reloading.

OMG, he's such a sweetheart and he's so adorable. I wanna hug this man

Down to earth humble guys, both of you, appreciate it, thank you both

There's a fine line between personal and professional opinion for actors that I do not envy them for. When a product they've put their best effort in fails spectacularly because of the story writers, but they're still contractually obligated to speak positively about it, it must be difficult to answer certain questions and not give away what they're actually thinking about it. I was happy to see that you didn't put pressure on the topic, like some other interviewers tend to do, but accepted the answers Sam gave you respectfully. I definitely believe Sam when he says that he and the other actors felt this way about Soap's ending, and that Neil was every bit as professional as he describes about it, but I can't believe that any of them were truly happy about the outcome/how the scene turned out. I also believe the strike had a lot to do about it. Coupled with Activision's glut for money and results, the poor writers were probably in an incredibly stressed situation when typing down this story. But a big part of it is also just Activision. When they got their hands on Blizzard and the storytelling for World of Warcraft it went quickly downhill there too. And I'm not surprised about the quality of MW3's story writing, there were plenty of signs going out before the game released. Enough so that I held off from buying it and waited to see the initial reactions. I'm glad I did, so at least my money didn't go into rewarding this kind of behaviour from a gaming company that should know better. I wasn't surprised. Just immensely disappointed. MW and MW2 were good. Not perfect, but good, and- despite that I should know better- I was hopeful for a decent remake that sought to change the story up a little while still paying homage to the original one. And while I never like it when a popular character dies, at least OG Soap got a highly decent send-off. This was just.. They might as well have just clipped in Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove with her classic line, "well, he ain't gettin' any deader!" and cut the game there. Soap's death, and how it happened, is just one among many flaws with MW3 though. Albeit the biggest one of them, in my opinion. It just feels so insulting after the good vibes we got from MW2. To all of us, players and actors. To Neil and his version of Soap (who had quickly become a favourite). To the close friendship that Ghost and Soap formed during MW2. To the whole feeling of quality that we had come to expect after MW2. None of this is the actors fault though. At least someone in Activision did something right when they picked out the new 141. Samuel has done a wonderful job with his version of Ghost and brought much needed personality and involvement to the character. And a face! You wouldn't think a pair of eyes behind a mask could be so full of expression, but here we are. Well done indeed! And here's hoping the story can be redeemed. Who knows, if Graves wasn't in that tank and Alex wasn't in that factory, then maybe Soap's brain wasn't in his skull at that crucial moment? I sincerely hope you also manage to get Neil (and Barry) to do an interview, because it would be awesome to see what he has to say. Thank you for giving us this content, Dan!

So excited you had a chance to talk with Samuel about Soap. In my opinion, Ghost's voice breaks when he says RIP and it speaks to the genuine chemistry amongst the actors. From a writing/creation perspective finding out about the scene as late in the day as they did brings the emotion to it in a very real way.

Bring Neil Ellice to Interview again please 🙏

I wanna see Ghost DJ now 😂 Ao3 I am waiting

Damm... Every call of duty actor is so great , down earth and humble ... Amazing interview again dan 👏

Oh, My Goodness... Samuel Is Adorable! So Flipping Proud Of Him & All His Achievements! He Is Incredible As Ghost!! And I Sure Felt All The Feels Both In Mw2 & Mw3... Just Incredible Acting On His Part. Idk If He'll See This, But THANK YOU Sam For Making Ghost Who He Is & To Be A Bit More Human! He Is My Favorite Character Along With All The TF 141 Guys! Soap Literally Made Me Cry, I Didn't Expect That At All, & You Could Tell By Ghost's Voice & His Eyes At The End Of The Campaign At The Memorial That He Was Bothered By His Passing. I Just Wanted To Hug Ghost & Say "It's Gonna Be OK, & You'll Be Okay!" 😭😭 OK, I Gotta Stop Talking About It, It's Hard. Thank You Dan, For Doing This Interview With Him. - ❤ From North Carolina

I am cursed! I never catch these lives but i love your interviews. they're always so fun and cozy. Glad to see Samuel back.

Despite all the things that has happened to Call of Duty, Sam really carried this year's COD and such a great person in general.

9:03 Reminds me of that time when he said, "You are SO naughty! You're gonna get BUSTED! For being in BIG trouble!" To me and this one person for watching his stream in class 😭

Ghost has a comic on how and why he got the mask etc it's really dark. Long story short he is betrayed buried alive and he uses the skull from the body in the grave to dig his way out and he looked at it as simon died and ghost was born so he wears the skull of the dead person who saved him

Omg, his smile when Dan asked him about trance music is so contagious. I used to listen to trance music from 00s era and when he mentioned those familiar name like Paul Oakenfold I started screeching like in a nostalgic way. He's correct tho, I thought that trance culture has dead long time ago. But till this year I met my coworker, a gen z he was so fascinated when he found out I used to listen to the genre as well. So I think it's still a big community if you just find in the correct place and time.

The difference between his voice and his voice in COD is kinda crazy, I know you can put on accents but still.

I recognized the actor from a show I watched years ago called “Turn” on amc, it ran for 4 seasons. Great show.

Can’t believe he’s 43 years old he looks 20😅😅❤❤❤

Member who you trust people you know can hert you the most

Didnt play the newer games, just watched some video’s on youtube. But i cried like a baby when Soap’s scene happened and afterwards..

I'm so f°cking in love with his voice, it's not even funny anymore 😢and he's gorgeous. I don't want anyone else to play our Ghost

Always doing the best interviews

We love you Samuel! Thanks for your amazing performance 🔥 Dan! You are awesome too pal.

I maybe an asshole…but hearing Sam’s story and seeing his reaction makes what happened to MW3 that much gut punching 🥊. He did his job phenomenally well and he is definitely a great actor and person. I’m not going to lambast or criticize the cast of actors or the choreography/digital staff. It’s none of their fault. I still hold fault with Activision mainly but also I have to say that the facts presented itself -> Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games…dropped the ball as well. The Writer’s Strike definitely affected this game’s development. I see that. I understand. At the same time - there were other options. The Strike had valid points and goals that were/are being met or at least trying to get most of them out there. I still believe that this whole situation was avoidable had the people who were in charge of making decisions…saw that THEY HAD OPTIONS. They did. There was no question about it. I’m a COD fan but this game really made me step back from what I’ve been holding onto barely for the last ten years - my enthusiasm for the COD franchise & community.

Samuel portrayal of Ghost. He make the character to be darker and Badass. He really nailed the video game character and he is a good, excellent voice actor👈💯he is so humble, down to earth guy and I would love to meet him one day.

I know im a month late to this, but i can literally sit here and listen to Sam talk about the 80s and 90s all damn day 🤟🤟

Please let ghost kill makarov, or let price do it, I would love to see ghost do it tho...

I love 💕 his portrayal as Ghost. Please do another installment with Ghost

Awesome!

one thing throughout all of the mw reboot the acting is so good they weren't the bad part of the campaign that was perfect the part that ruined is was how the missions were layed out and how the story was told

DJ and begin an actor at the same that’s crazy lol that’s some talent

@dan allen you needed to ask samuel his time doin the librarian tv episode

i could listen to samuel talk all day

Bravo Six, going dark! 🎉

I see a lot of people complain about the speed of soaps death but in a way thats what would happen in a life situation, you wont always get the goodbye and to then be ripped straight bacm to defusing the bomb, brings in that realism of warfare, seeing a friend die and having to quickly carry on with your op. Roach and ghost got gunned down very quickly without a proper goodbye and i didnt see many people complain about that. Though i would say that the whole storytelling of the game could have been vastly improved upon, but soaps death was done in a very realistic and gut wrenching way. I felt heartbroken and then being pulled straight back into a fight and then defusing the bomb while still trying to get my head round the sudden turn of events was done amazingly. For soldiers its work first grieve later

I really want Neil. For Loki? I just wanna see him talking 😅

Makes me wanna go down the street and say, *Done and Dusted*

hes so cool

No cap. As an Actor myself but havent been into roles yet cause im still grinding. I lowkey want to play a role as a cod character in the MW reboot series. Prob in future MW4. Maybe il play as a paid mercenary or a member of 141. But regardless. Hopefully Activision hire me once ive show them my skill.

"Choices have consequences."

Great performances but the writing and the random soap death was not great storytelling at all. Disappointing after a great mw2 campaign. Samuel and cast were phenomenal but great storytelling, nah.

sam looks like ron weasley from harry potter

Wait isnt he the guy on the show called turn washingtons spies? 😲😲😲

I mean Neil isn’t done with this franchise. He’s still got Operation Deadbolt

I’m sorry but I disagree it wasn’t handled with respect I’ll say this again killing soap was the biggest mistake cod devs ever did It was just stupid to kill him again I mean what’s the point of reboot if u r gonna kill him again

Ghost. We Got A Interview To Do

Sooo many Cuts lol

Even tho ghost wont reveal himself in game atleast we know what he looks like lol

Fucking hell, I missed it.

Is it me?, or has he gotten younger since the last interview?

unmasked Ghost

sam hasn’t slept a day since soap died 🐭🤏

YNWA, Sam ;)

Well this is a ghost face reveal :v

I never expected the VA for ghost to look or sound like that

I'm sorry, I know the actors are proud of their job, and that's great; but Soap's death is one of the lamest moments in the entire COD franchise. The whole campaign is a narrative mess and it just feels empty, we barely got to know him and the moment itself is just so simple, there's isn't even music. Remember in the og MW3 how his death had all this beautifully composed orchestra? And how it built up for several minutes and even left Price an incredibly important info that pushes the plot forward? Now that's was a good death scene, this doesn't compare, is lame as hell

Bro looks like a college student lol

Че ха модная прическа?😂

Bro he's just an average guy irl why he looking confused asf though?

He is exactly the opposite of what I thought Ghost would be like in his real life and I'm SO here for it! 🖤🩶