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Danger Close | Dark Wolf Podcast Episode 4: Tom Hopper

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Jack Carr

Society & Culture

4.92.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Today, Jack is joined by Tom Hopper who brings Raife Hastings to life in The Terminal List: Dark Wolf. In this episode, Tom and Jack talk about the weight of bringing fan favorite character Raife Hastings to the screen. Tom shares how he found the role through test reads, chemistry reads with Taylor Kitsch and Chris Pratt, and a deep dive into the books that made him even more fired up to step into Raife’s world. They reflect on favorite moments from Dark Wolf, including Raife’s first scenes, the evolving dynamic between Reece, Ben, and Raife, and the authenticity that came from training, conversations with SEAL advisors, and a cast and crew committed to getting it right. They also discuss the tone shift in Episode 2 as the series moves from the battlefield in the Middle East to the world of espionage in Europe, the emotional cost of Raife’s arc, and how Dark Wolf helps set the stage for what comes next in The Terminal List Season 2: True Believer. Along the way, they touch on standout performances across the cast, lines and themes that carried through the season, and Tom’s experience joining a production that felt more like family.  FOLLOW TOM @tom.hopperhops https://www.instagram.com/tom.hopperhops/

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0:00.0

This Dark Wolf series podcast is brought to you by Bravo Company Manufacturing.

0:06.0

Ben's as sound as any of us.

0:08.0

Are you sure about that?

0:09.0

You look closely enough, you'll see those strings vibrating.

0:12.0

Don't live to say.

0:14.0

My father used to tell me that some men will go to war to fight the enemy.

0:18.0

They will pass.

0:20.0

But others will seek war to fight themselves.

0:22.6

Give 50 on lies!

0:24.6

I need to know that you can find the brakes.

0:28.6

Fuck the brakes.

0:31.6

Listen to sleep I'm Let's say, kick this thing off with how did you first find out about race?

1:11.6

Yeah, so I mean, I knew about you, Jack, because I'd listened to you on the Joe Rogan podcast.

1:17.2

So that was my first coming upon you and your books and stuff.

1:22.1

So I knew about your story and everything and how it all came about to become a TV show.

1:28.3

And actually it was, so I, and I was on a show called The Umbrella Academy for, for like seven

1:34.7

years, four seasons we did, but I was on it for seven years.

1:37.4

And then we had this big SAG actors strike straight after I wrapped on that show.

1:43.8

So there was this huge gap of nothing for like,

1:47.0

I think we did it for like five, six months that strike.

1:50.0

And then Christmas came about and then you guys,

1:54.0

I got an email through from my agent

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