Walton Goggins Doesn’t Think His White Lotus Character Would Survive Fallout

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Walton Goggins, whose character Rick Hatchett didn’t survive a trip to ‘The White Lotus Thailand,’ doesn’t think he’d do much better in a post-apocalyptic world. Before the second season of his Amazon Prime Video show premieres later this month, Goggins considered how his various TV characters would cope, and concluded that Rick wouldn’t have much of a chance in a radioactive wasteland.

Even though Andrew Drake joked about the lack of luxury hotels during the apocalypse, and Goggins pointed out Drake isn’t used to staying in them anyway, Goggins believes Rick wouldn’t handle a high-pressure situation well. Ultimately, he doesn’t think Rick would survive for very long.

Goggins Is in the Fallout Franchise For The Long Haul

Look, I was thrilled to see Walton Goggins as The Ghoul in Fallout, and thankfully, it sounds like he’s sticking around for season two! It’s cool to learn he’s been involved with the Fallout universe for a while now, having done voice work for the games too. He just finished recording some new stuff, which is exciting! He was talking about how different it is to play a live-action role versus an animated one, and it got me thinking about all the layers actors bring to these characters, no matter the medium.

I wouldn’t say I rely heavily on my physical presence,” he said. “I’ve done a lot of voice work, and I had to learn how to deliver a strong performance without using my body. It started when producers asked me to give a more impactful recording.

I can’t fake emotions; I have to genuinely feel them, and it seems to be a natural part of who I am. I don’t even realize I’m doing it. But when someone asks me to convey a certain feeling, especially in my voice, I need to physically experience that emotion to make it believable. So I have to let it affect my body.

The team working on Invincible was incredibly understanding and supportive throughout the recording process, particularly when he was acting out emotionally charged scenes. He explained that they allowed him the freedom to move around and fully immerse himself in the character’s feelings, saying he wouldn’t know how to approach his work any other way.

The experience was similar with Fallout 76. Ron Perlman, who played the Ghoul, explained that he felt he needed the character’s prosthetic limbs to truly embody the role. He said, ‘In some ways, I don’t know how to be the Ghoul without the prosthetics. It’s not me. I’m not the ghoul,’ describing how he adjusted his performance on the day of recording.

I’m not who you think I am – I have no idea who ‘Cooper Howard’ is. I recently finished a project for Walmart, the Grinch, but that’s all I know. I’m definitely not Lee Russell, or any of those other characters. It’s strange how, when you play a role, you somehow become that person, but it’s not something you plan – it just happens naturally.

Fallout’s second season premieres on Amazon Prime Video on Dec. 17.

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2025-12-04 21:39