May 13, 2024 • 57 secs
The show Fallout is based on a popular video game franchise which star Walton Goggins avoided like the plague before shooting it. Why?
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Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Walton Goggins plays the
Google in the new hip show Fallout, which is a
character type anybody who's played the games the series is
based on this is quite familiar with, but not Walton himself.
In fact, when he signed onto this show, he was
only familiar with the ip because his son is a
big gamer, and even he didn't play them. Despite having
no base of knowledge, Walton actually made a conscious decision
(00:21):
to not play any of the games before they began shooting.
He tells Cinema Blend. I didn't want that responsibility. I
knew there were enough people around that were protecting the
mythology of this legacy property that I didn't need to.
I felt unencumbered by the weight of that. It just
left me free to judge these scripts and my character's
behavior based on this person in my imagination. Actors often
play real people and a lot of times they don't
(00:42):
want to meet them because they've devised a version of
them that works for them, and this was no different.
Walton Goggins there on deciding not to play the game
Fallout before starting In the show adaptation, which is streaming,
I'm Prime, that's direct from Hollywood,
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Walton Goggins plays the
Google in the new hip show Fallout, which is a
character type anybody who's played the games the series is
based on this is quite familiar with, but not Walton himself.
In fact, when he signed onto this show, he was
only familiar with the ip because his son is a
big gamer, and even he didn't play them. Despite having
no base of knowledge, Walton actually made a conscious decision
(00:21):
to not play any of the games before they began shooting.
He tells Cinema Blend. I didn't want that responsibility. I
knew there were enough people around that were protecting the
mythology of this legacy property that I didn't need to.
I felt unencumbered by the weight of that. It just
left me free to judge these scripts and my character's
behavior based on this person in my imagination. Actors often
play real people and a lot of times they don't
(00:42):
want to meet them because they've devised a version of
them that works for them, and this was no different.
Walton Goggins there on deciding not to play the game
Fallout before starting In the show adaptation, which is streaming,
I'm Prime, that's direct from Hollywood,
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