Walton Goggins spoke about his role in ‘Fallout’ after his prime-time video series earned its second Emmy nomination. The actor believes the series has achieved something that resonates across countries.
After filming HBO’s pop culture phenomenon in Thailand earlier this year, Goggins reunited with his New York-based family for a vacation in Turkey. There, he witnessed firsthand the global impact of his ‘Fallout’ performance.
“I’ve been fortunate to get stopped in public for not really one thing but a variety of projects over the years. Then, all of a sudden, people were talking about ‘Fallout’ more than anything else,” he told Entertainment Weekly about starring in the video game adaptation.
He said, “We did something that is reaching across countries. It’s breaking down those barriers and becoming something that people are sharing in. At this stage of my life, I’m grateful to be a part of it.”
“It’s really exciting to have our show do something that the games could not do very well, because you can only go to a cutscene so often in a game,” said Goggins’ ‘Fallout’ costar Aaron Moten, who plays the Brotherhood of Steel squire, Maximus. “We get to create this other world, before the bombs dropped.”
In the ‘Fallout’ universe, players can choose different ways to join the Brotherhood of Steel, such as building power armor, utilizing the Vaults’ protective shelters, or trying their luck in the wasteland. The series’ three main characters—Goggins’ Ghoul, Moten’s Maximus, and Ella Purnell’s newly revealed Vault resident Lucy—represent these different approaches to ‘Fallout’s apocalyptic landscape.
Goggins plays Ghoul, a ruthlessly skilled warrior in ‘Fallout.’
