United Kingdom, Nov. 14 -- Milo Ventimiglia had to keep his Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 role a secret because he was forbidden from telling anyone he had been cast as the fan-favourite protagonist, David Mason.

The 48-year-old actor stars in the blockbuster video game as the beloved Lieutenant Commander - who first appeared in 2012's Call of Duty: Black Ops II - and Ventimiglia has now revealed his contract with publisher Activision prevented him from telling anyone about the role, including his parents.

When the BBC asked the Girlmore Girls star what it was like to tell his friends and family about landing the part, he said: "I couldn't tell them.

"That was actually the thing, like part of my contract [was] I could not say what I was wo...