Barry Sloane wants to reprise his role as Captain Price in the live-action Call of Duty movie, and he believes his years of portraying the character make him the strongest candidate for the job.
Asked by Dan Allen during a new Dan Allen Gaming interview whether he had put his name forward for the film, Sloane answered directly: “I don’t think there’s anybody else on the planet who is as qualified for the job as I am.”
That is a statement of interest, not a casting announcement. Sloane did not say he had secured the role, and his comments should not be taken as confirmation from the movie’s producers. Paramount and Activision announced their film partnership in September 2025, saying Paramount would develop, produce, and distribute a live-action feature based on the franchise.
Why Barry Sloane believes he is qualified
Sloane’s case rests on far more than having a recognizable voice. He said he began working on the modern version of Captain Price in 2018 and has spent years performing the character across multiple games. That work has included voice acting, facial capture, full-body performance, and the physical demands of action scenes.
During the interview, Sloane explained that his approach changed as he learned what performance-capture technology can preserve. On his first game as Price, he did not yet fully understand how small facial movements and physical choices would translate to the digital character. Years later, after repeatedly working with the same teams, he became much more comfortable trusting subtle eye movement, stillness, facial expression, and body language.
He described truthful, restrained performance as especially effective in the capture volume. Rather than pushing every gesture as if he were performing for a theater audience, Sloane learned that the cameras could pick up quiet choices and reproduce them on Price’s face. That accumulated technical knowledge is central to his argument: he has not simply voiced Captain Price, but helped build the current performance from the inside.
Years of shaping the modern Captain Price
Sloane has also been closely involved with how this version of Price looks and carries himself. He said earlier games relied on facial scans dating back to around 2018, while a newer scan made around 2025 was used for the most recent version. He joked that comments about the characters looking older were partly explained by the obvious fact that his own face had changed over those years.
The actor said he prefers the newer Price model because it gives the character a rawer, tougher appearance. He had also pushed to show Price without his trademark hat more often and to give him a fuller beard, drawing on the more worn and rugged presentation associated with older versions of the character.
His involvement extends to the physical details of individual scenes. Sloane recalled performing against a heavy bag on the floor during one intense sequence. As he was pulled away, he spontaneously spat; the animation team later kept that unscripted action in the finished game. It is a small example, but one that shows how his physical performance can become part of Price rather than merely serving as a reference.
A role with personal weight
The long production history has also deepened Sloane’s emotional connection to Captain Price. He described finishing the latest chapter as different from completing a normal acting job because the character, cast, and crew had occupied such a significant stretch of his career and life.
Without dwelling on story spoilers, Sloane discussed Price reaching an emotional turning point and choosing to carry a dangerous burden alone. He highlighted Price’s long-running relationship with Laswell and said the material allowed the team to push the character into a more severe psychological state than before. That familiarity with Price’s relationships, restraint, and internal conflict helps explain why Sloane sees himself as qualified for a live-action interpretation.
Whether the movie uses Captain Price—and who would play him—remains a separate decision for the filmmakers. Sloane, however, has made his position unmistakable: after years of supplying Price’s voice, face, movement, and emotional foundation, he wants the chance to carry that work into live action.
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