Walton Gogginsis feeling good and its not because of the Negronis.
We all looked at each other with such love in our hearts and had long conversations.
Thats when it hit him: We did something that is reaching across countries.
‘Fallout’ star Walton Goggins on the Awardist 2025 Kickoff cover of ‘Entertainment Weekly’.Jonny Marlowfor EW
Its breaking down those barriers and becoming something that people are sharing in, he says.
At this stage of my life, Im grateful to be a part of it.
Goggins, 53, is one of film and TVs most prolific actors currently working.
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AsFallouts the Ghoul, Goggins embodies a ruthlessly skilled warrior.
People want to see characters who are good at what theyre doing.
That, to me, is the true delight of the Ghoul.
Walton Goggins as the Ghoul on ‘Fallout’.Prime Video
Its so awesome to see [Walton] be so good at this…even if its killing.
Then theres the other side of GogginsFalloutperformance, as Cooper Howard in the shows pre-apocalyptic flashbacks.
We get to create this other world, before the bombs dropped.
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Theres that old line, Tell me your zip code, Ill tell you what you believe.
I love that first-person point-of-view in video games, where you feel like youarethat character, Nolan says.
But television is an empathy machine.
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you might jump between different characters, and you might do that with great facility.
That can be cumbersome in gaming, but it is very easy to do in television.
Playing the video game doesnt require an understanding of what it means to live through a world-changing event.
We were in hiding as all the essential workers were taking the risks for us to keep things going.
That affected how we related to Lucy.
But Ella brought such humanity to the performance.
In our real world, different explanations and conspiracy theories still swirl about what exactly caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
That is a very problematic thing in a world where they are the most powerful entities.
That was something that we thought was worth writing about.
Goggins has a more practical consideration as he prepares for season 2.
Its that old saying where someone asks, Why did you decide to have a second kid?
Because you totally forgot what it was like to have the first!
But in this case, the first has been a golden child.
