Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin is a surprise addition to the Fallout Season 2 cast, but it turns out he was big into Fallout lore before he got the call — and everything he knows about the video game franchise comes from watching YouTube videos.
In an interview with IGN, Culkin, who plays a member Caesar's Legion, said that while he has less experience with the actual Fallout games, he knew what he was getting into when it came to starring on the show.
“I'm very familiar with the lore,” Culkin said. “For sure. I've less hands-on experience with the games themselves, but that being said, I knew what I was walking into. When we [Culkin and actress Brenda Song] were watching the show, I would pause it for her and catch her up on like, oh, that's what this means, or that means, or that kind of thing. Even some of the subtle subtext of the show.”
Culkin’s knowledge of the Fallout universe comes from watching Fallout lore YouTube videos, which he finds easier to experience than the video games.
“I'm familiar with the lore in that I watched a lot of YouTube stuff,” he said. “It was one of those things where, honestly, I'm almost like, I don't have time to physically do this [pretends to use controller] anymore.
"But that being said, I have enough time to put a little earbud in my ear and listen to things. And this is long before the show even came out, because it is a very rich world. And so yeah, there's endless hours of things that you can talk about and explore about it.” However, there is one Fallout game Culkin plays: mobile title Fallout Shelter.
Culkin said he loves the world of Fallout because “there’s nothing that is offbrand.”
“You could have zombies in it, you have deathclaws, you have monsters and things like that. I mean, gosh, you have aliens. You name it, you can throw it at the wall. Even Fallout 76, I mean, the Mothman is now fair game. It is that kind of stuff. There's no really shape to it. You can kind of stick any kind of shape piece into that hole.”
We’ve got plenty more on Fallout Season 2, which kicks off December 17 on Prime Video, including confirmation from the creators that it avoids picking a New Vegas ending to make canon.
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