301

'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)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by artyom@piefed.social to c/television@piefed.social

126 comments fedilink hide all child comments

"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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

So this actor won’t connect with 99.9 percent of the shows fans? This actor refuses to research his role? Thinks he knows better than the successful franchise that the show is based on? Or is he really saying “get fucked nerds, I’m a Hollywood actor and so much better than you or this role”

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

You know that he doesn't make any decisions that would make the show any more or less like the games, right? You want the show-runner to know the material not the actors.