Unpacking ‘Fallout’s’ Ghoul: Walton Goggins Says Undead Bounty Hunter Is ‘Far From Sinister’

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Walton Goggins, Jonathan Nolan and the creatives of 'Fallout' unpack The Ghoul and Cooper Howard.

At the end of the first episode of Prime Video’s “Fallout,” the Ghoul, played by Walton Goggins, is introduced, a post-apocalyptic “ruthless” bounty hunter and survivor roaming…Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song.

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound.

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound.

Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound.

“We still want it to look like me, and to see me and to feel me under these layers,” Goggins said. The idea was this character was someone who had seen a lot in his 200 years, so Wagner suggested adding in some nicks and cuts which were a roadmap of his journey and experience.The key to understanding the Ghoul lay in his backstory. Introduced as this character at the end of the first episode, Wagner thought about what made the Ghoul special, and why his storyline was at the center of everything.

 

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