"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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[–] Skyline969@lemmy.ca 85 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

Counterpoint, Henry Cavill in The Witcher. Though he left once they started diverging from the source because he knew that it would make the show subpar. And it did.

Knowing the source material can help actors understand more nuance of their character and the world the show takes place in.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Pointercount, the lore in Fallout is grossly inconsistent which is not the case for The Witcher.

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The lore in Fallout is grossly inconsistent because of a lack of Henry Cavills working at Bethesda.

There's still a chance to retcon stupid shit. I really, really would prefer that outcome to "eh the lore in this RPG series doesn't matter that much.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 59 minutes ago

You generally need a single person with the vision to maintain consistency throughout the whole series, and as far as I know that was not the case with Falout the games.

[–] jrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.social 68 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Counter-counter: Henry Cavill was playing the Witcher, the central character in the lore. Walter Goggins is playing someone not in the original lore.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

The word you are looking for is pointercount. Note somewhat NSFW for language.

https://youtu.be/-sVlZ_SaKnk

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 15 hours ago

There’s a difference in knowing the source material and being a fan/playing the games.

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: You can know the source material without having played the game.

[–] illi@piefed.social 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Cavill was a book fan too.

[–] socsa@piefed.social -1 points 12 hours ago

The most recent season of the Witcher was pretty good though.