The VŌC Podcast // Eric Ladin Interview (The voice of Ellis)

Welcome, to a brand new episode of The VŌC Podcast, where I’ll be talking to professional voice actor Eric Ladin who’s the voice of Ellis in Left 4 Dead 2! Chatting about acting, voice-over, L4D2 and also re-enacting tons of lines! ______________________________________________________________________ Special thanks to Eric Ladin for taking a part in the 15th episode of The VŌC Podcast! ______________________________________________________________________ AVAILABLE ON OTHER PLATFORMS - Follow Eric at: Eric’s Instagram: If you’re a union actor at SAG-AFTRA, please vote Eric at: ______________________________________________________________________ VŌC Social Media 📘 Facebook ►► 📷Instagram ►► 🐦Twitter ►► 👥Discord ►► 📪Email ►► thevocpodcast@ ______________________________________________________________________ Special thanks to the l4d2 subreddit / our YouTube community for providing questions and lines to re-enact! The music in the outro belongs to Valve Music at the beginning was created and is owned by The VŌC Podcast. #left4dead2 #L4D2 #left4dead #L4D #EricLadin #L4D2Ellis Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 0:52 - What is #membershipfirst? 2:30 - About Ronald’s nationality 3:39 - Left 4 Dead 2 4:30 - If met with the opportunity to officially return as the voice of Ellis, would you? 5:32 - Have you ever played L4D2? 6:31 - What is your personal favorite voice line of Ellis? And how did the Keith stories come about, were they your ideas or Valve’s? 8:37 - Do you know the other voice actors of L4D2? 10:01 - Do you relate in any way to the personality of Ellis? If so in what aspects? 10:48 - How did you get the role of Ellis? 11:31 - Has the L4D2 role had an effect on your career? 12:30 - You recorded more than 1,000 lines for L4D2 12:55 - Did you have any complications while recording for Ellis? 14:18 - How did you manage to express Ellis’s pain when he gets attacked (or attacked when incapacitated) so realistically? 15:30 - Did you know that you can play L4D1 in L4D2? 16:17 - Back 4 Blood 16:50 - How was your first day doing the VO for Ellis? 18:10 - Ellis’s accent 18:47 - Can you say Ellis Gaming? 19:31 - Ellis Gaming #1 19:50 - Keith Story #1 20:06 - How many of Ellis’s lines were improv? 20:19 - Favorite Weapon in L4D2? 21:09 - Favorite Keith story? 22:18 - Would Ellis and Zoey make a badass zombie-slaying couple? 22:44 - How’s Keith doing? 23:09 - Who is your favorite character/special infected? 23:45 - What’s your opinion on L4D2 after a decade from it’s release 24:30 - Ellis is my son’s favorite character. He thinks he’s utterly hilarious and constantly quotes the Keith stories. Haha! I just want to hear a new Keith story! 24:54 - Would you return for L4D3? 24:59 - Has anyone ever recognized your voice as Ellis while out? 25:25 - Ellis - Just a car?! JUST A CAR?! 25:38 - Why did you became a voice actor, and how did you come across Valve? 27:05 - Are there any full stories about Keith? Like, before Ellis gets cut off by another survivor? Or were they just written all interrupted like that from the get-go? 28:06 - Are you still into voice acting? 28:36 - Favorite color? 29:05 - What kind of truck do you think Ellis drove and why was it only 99% zombie proof? 30:02 - How is your day going? 30:14 - Was L4D3 ever in the works? 30:51 - How do you feel that your a voice is an iconic character from a zombie game? 31:30 - The L4D2 cast seems to be hard to get in contact with 32:02 - Do you like Reese’s? 32:14 - Ellis Gaming #2 32:24 - Any voice lines that you had problems with? 32:40 - Did you went back to record for L4D2 after 2009? 33:28 - Shoutout for Sav 33:50 - Do you know what was cut from your voice lines? 34:08 - He voiced Cole in Infamous 2, I was wondering how much of a difference it was voicing Ellis and Cole 35:14 - Did you ever record a line that made you laugh out loud? 36:37 - Jimmy Gibbs Junior Car story 37:08 - Keith Story #2 37:32 - Do you like horses? 37:46 - If a live action film was being made, would you be willing to play Ellis? 38:00 - Just tell him he was great in this and Bosch 38:14 - Jimmy gibs junior stock car? This my question. 38:38 - Do you like cheese burgers? 38:48 - Ellis about Cheese burgers 39:19 - HOGWASH! 39:24 - Have you met Gabe Newell? 40:10 - Say something Ellis would say right now 40:41 - Keith Story #3 41:48 - KIDDIE LAND! 42:08 - Have you ever met the face model of Ellis? 42:17 - ADRENALINE VOICE LINE (not really yet) 42:46 - Do you do Comicons? 43:02 - ADRENALINE VOICE LINE 43:48 - How are you doing? 43:54 - Eric’s offscript podcast 45:12 - Do you have a friend named Keith? 45:38 - Keith Story #4 46:02 - The VOC Podcast Story 47:13 - Outro