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'I haven't sat down to play the games, and I won't': Fallout's Walton Goggins says he 'not interested' in playing the RPGs his show is based on (www.pcgamer.com)

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"No, I haven't sat down to play the games," said Walton Goggins, who plays pre-war movie star Cooper Howard and his post-war counterpart The Ghoul. "And I won't. I won't. I won't play the games. I'm not interested."

The reason is actually pretty simple: Goggins doesn't want to think of the world or the characters of Fallout as elements of a game.

"All of a sudden, I'm looking at this world from a very different perspective, and as something on a screen in which I am an avatar in. I don't believe that I'm an avatar. I believe The Ghoul exists in the world. I believe that Cooper Howard exists in the world." he said.

"The best way that I can serve this world and serve the fans of this game, I think, is to go to work every single day and believe the circumstances that I'm presented with," Goggins said.

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[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Counterpoint:

Art is interpretive by its nature, and each person has their vision for how it should appear. That said, why would you want to watch something that is a 1:1 of something you’ve already consumed? It’s okay, and often encouraged to stray from the source material.

Even the creator of Fallout acknowledges this.

For example — for better or worse — comics exemplify this idea with the many iterations of their superheroes. e.g. Superman originally couldn’t fly. Some are better than others, but in the end we (the fans) get a more rich and diverse world for our imaginations.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

why would you want to watch something that is a 1:1 of something you’ve already consumed?

Well...

I haven't. One is a TV show and one is a game, obviously.
It doesn't have to be 1:1. The words that were used were "wildly diverge from the source". How can you understand any of the lore without playing it? Would you act in a movie based on a book and intentionally sequester yourself from the book?

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Help me out: who said, “wildly diverge from the source”? (Quotes were yours)

Also, actors act based on the script they’re given and through the artistic direction of the director. They do it all the time; it’s their job.

But, you imply a good point (that I sort of touched on): not everyone likes it. And, I’ll further that sentiment by saying: not everyone has to like it.

You obviously don’t like it. And that’s okay.

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

It was kaidenshi in this comment:

https://piefed.social/comment/9125878

[-] artyom@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago

Brother, just scroll up.

[-] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago

I suspect the actor can read and relied on that.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

...read what?

[-] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago

The script of the show, it usually has all of their lines in it.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

The script doesn't contain nearly enough information to get an accurate view of who the character is that they're portraying or what the fictional universe is like. That's why a good actor will research the lore.

[-] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

He never said he didn’t research the lore, he just didn’t play the games.

[-] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

The bible.

[-] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

The games wildly diverge from each other. Mutants should never be found in New Vegas for example yet they are in the game because they are fun enemies to fight.

Do you know the franchise at all?