"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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[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

I see what he's saying, but none of this is that serious. Just do your job and act, dude. I don't care if you play Fallout, play Hello Kitty Island Adventure, or play Pogs. Make the show good.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 5 points 14 hours ago

That’s likely the PR answer. For all we know, he doesn’t give a shit about the source material and he’s just doing a job he’s being paid to do. And there’s nothing wrong with that. As long as he plays the character as it was written and he does it well, I don’t see any issue.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

Hello Kitty Island Adventure is low key amazing. I hope he plays it.

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago

The show is good so there’s that.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Good. Other than the first two, they’re awful.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

How does he have that much natural hair and still look bald?

[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world -3 points 9 hours 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”

[–] Toneswirly@beehaw.org 2 points 15 hours ago

Lets be real, if he did play them it would be fallout 3 and 4 and MAYBE NV. The Bethesda games have awful stories presented awfully. He is not missing much context there.

[–] chocosoldier@lemmy.blahaj.zone -4 points 10 hours ago (6 children)

that's okay, i didn't even make it to the end of the first episode. the show feels obnoxiously far up its own ass so this fully tracks.

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[–] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world -5 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

I mean…Fallout isn’t a great game. It’s too “Rockstar”/console driven in my mind. Looks absolutely amazing, but the some of the bewilderingly rigid character mechanics completely break immersion for me.

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[+] ICastFist@programming.dev -7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Congrats to him on completely fucking missing the point of playing the games

[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I think you are the one missing the point. Why would you care about him playing the game? He's not there to ensure accuracy to the source material, that's the writer's job.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 12 hours ago

Actors can do research on their roles in order to ensure that they get what they're supposed to do right. Goggins not needing to do research is good for him, but him saying "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." is missing the point, playing the game in this situation isn't about "being an avatar", but getting to experience the world and other characters where his character exists in, even if not as Cooper/Ghoul.

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