We’re less than two weeks away from the premiere of Fallout Season 2, and fans have been eager for any information on how the show will handle the franchise’s return to New Vegas. Well, now we have (just a few) answers.
Speaking to a packed house at CCXP25 in Brazil, several of the show’s stars including Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, Aaron Moten, and Justin Theroux showed off a new look at Season 2 and let the audience in on what fans of the game can be excited about when the new season hits Prime Video. Season 1 contained plenty of callbacks to the games, and it looks like we can expect more of that in Season 2.
“Every single corner you look there’s an Easter egg,” said Walton Goggins, who plays Cooper Howard, otherwise known as The Ghoul. “But none more than House. It becomes this larger than life presence.”
Goggins, of course was referring to none other than Robert House, the mysterious leader of New Vegas, who is being portrayed on the show by Justin Theroux. “In the video game we don’t really see flesh and blood House,” Theroux said. “Mr. House is (mainly on) screen. And I think (Fallout producers) Geneva (Robertson-Dworet), Graham (Wagner), and Jonah (Nolan) are smart enough to be like, ‘No, let’s see this guy breathing. Let’s see what he was like before the Armageddon.’ And so that was really fun just from an acting perspective to breathe life into that character and see him walk around. That was really fun.”
When asked about the challenges of bringing House to life, Theroux acknowledged wanting to respect the legacy of the character from the game. “The challenge was just to make him as realized as possible. Obviously not phone it in and not really try and compete with the wonderful actor (René Auberjonois, who died in 2019) who had already been his voice in the game.”
Goggins and Theroux, who are longtime friends, were excited at the chance to work together on screen. “I’ve been a fan and friend of Justin for a really long time,” Goggins said. “We had never worked together. What I was most looking forward to was being in that space and watching my friend do his thing and listening to him. And when he showed up, he brought an entire world with him.”
“It’s kind of like getting invited to watch your favorite magician do their magic tricks,” Theroux said of Goggins. “We had a couple really barn-burner scenes to do together and it was really fun to chop those scenes.”
Fallout Season 2 streams December 17 on Prime Video.
Michael Peyton is the Senior Editorial Director of Events & Entertainment at IGN, leading entertainment content and coverage of tentpole events including IGN Live, San Diego Comic Con, gamescom, and IGN Fan Fest. He’s spent 20 years working in the games and entertainment industry, and his adventures have taken him everywhere from the Oscars to Japan to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Follow him on Bluesky @MichaelPeyton
