He's preached to fans about how Grand Theft Auto 6 is going to be worth the wait, and he's joked about having to "kill everyone" if he leaked anything. When he was (perhaps mistakenly, perhaps not) introduced at an event as being from "GTA 5 and GTA 6," he played coy but didn't dismiss it outright. The man clearly loves being part of this world.
Steven Ogg, meanwhile, has spent the better part of a decade making it clear that he does not. The Trevor Philips actor has never played GTA 5. In fact, he's never played any video game, by his own admission. When asked at the Retro World Expo in September 2025 if he was excited for GTA 6, he responded with what has since become his most infamous line: "I feel nothing inside." He then told a fan who suggested he play the game that they should read Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment instead, a recommendation that went over about as well as you'd expect at a gaming convention.
On Michael Rosenbaum's Inside of You podcast in February 2025, he attempted to set the record straight, saying he doesn't hate Trevor and describing the character as "great" and "awesome." However, he still hasn't played the game, he still doesn't care about GTA 6, and he still wants Trevor to show up in the next game only to be killed off immediately, kind of like how Trevor stomped Johnny Klebitz from Grand Theft Auto IV to death in GTA V's opening act.
It's one thing for an actor not to watch their own movie. Plenty of A-list talent avoids watching themselves on screen, and nobody really holds it against them. Ogg howeverseems to put himself above it. The Dostoevsky comment wasn't just a quirky aside, it was a deliberate comparison that suggested gaming is culturally inferior to literature, which, regardless of how you feel about Russian novels, is a strange stance to take at a gaming convention where people paid money to see you specifically because of a game.
Now, in fairness to Ogg, there's a version of this story that deserves some sympathy. Being primarily known for one role, especially a character as extreme as Trevor Philips, is a legitimate concern for any working actor. Ogg has talked about typecasting before, acknowledging that he often gets called in for "the crazy guy" roles. From that lens, distancing yourself from the character that defined you makes a certain professional sense. You don't want every casting director to see you as the unhinged Canadian methamphetamine dealer from a video game.
On the other hand, if Ogg had leaned into it even slightly, the opportunities would have been enormous. Imagine if he'd livestreamed himself playing GTA 5 in character even once. The clip would have gone viral instantly. Instead, the clips that go viral are the ones where he tells fans to read Dostoevsky or when Ned Luke calls him out.
In an era where voice actors like Roger Clark (Red Dead Redemption 2), Laura Bailey (The Last of Us Part II), and Troy Baker (everything) have built entire secondary careers around engaging with gaming communities, Ogg's approach feels increasingly out of step. You don't have to be a gamer to respect the medium. You don't have to play the game to acknowledge what it means to the people who love it.
Ned Luke gets that. He's always gotten it. After 12 years of sitting next to someone who doesn't, it seems like he's finally said what a lot of fans have been thinking. With GTA 6 now confirmed for November 19, 2026, and Take-Two's summer marketing campaign approaching, the question of whether any GTA 5 characters will appear in the next game remains unanswered, but at least we know what Ned Luke thinks of his GTA V co-star's antics.
