Walton Goggins is the face of Fallout’s apocalyptic wasteland and yet he refuses to touch the games that inspired it.
As Fallout’s second season approaches, we dive into why Walton Goggins is choosing to embrace the wasteland without ever touching a controller.
Why Walton Goggins Refuses To Play The Fallout Games
Fallout Season 2 is set to launch on December 17, and fans are excited to see what the new season has in store. But as anticipation builds, one of the show’s central figures is drawing attention for a surprising reason: Walton Goggins refuses to play the games that inspired the series and he’s unapologetic about it.
“No, I haven’t sat down to play the games,”
and he continued:
"And I won't. I won't. I won't play the games. I'm not interested."
His stance isn’t rooted in simple stubbornness, though. Goggins actually has a very specific reason for avoiding the source material.
“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 stated:
“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.”
His philosophy opens the door to a larger conversation about the role of actors in adaptations and whether they truly need to immerse themselves in the original work.
Why Actors Don’t Need To Be Lore Experts In Adaptations
This standpoint raises an important question about the role of actors in adaptations. They may be the ones in the spotlight, but they are not necessarily the ones who need to know every detail of the source material. Just look at Netflix’s The Witcher: the lead actor was practically a walking encyclopedia of the original books, and the show still ended up disappointing many fans.
This emphasizes that it is not the actor’s responsibility to be the lore expert, it is the writers’. As long as they respect the original work and expand on it in ways that make sense, the adaptation is in good hands. And considering the success of the Fallout series so far, it is safe to say we are in those hands, even without Goggins ever touching the games.
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