Fallout returns this month on Prime Video, which means fans will be treated to more Kyle MacLachlan as Vault 33 overseer Hank MacLean. In Fallout Season 1, after his kidnapping, Hank proved to be capable of some surprising deeds. Speaking to CBR ahead of the new season’s debut, MacLachlan shared his delight at playing Hank in Fallout.
“I’ve had such a fun time with Hank,” MacLachlan says. “He is such a mix of different personalities, different reasons. But the great thing is, you know, ultimately, he believes in what he’s doing, and he’s convinced that this is the way forward. He just happens to take a lot pleasure in the journey and a lot of glee. He has a lot of fun along the way.”
Should viewers expect more horrifying “glee’ from Hank MacLean in Fallout Season 2? “It’s quite possible,” MacLachlan teased.
Hank’s son, Norm, finds himself in a different situation as Fallout Season 2 begins. He’s the captive of Vault 31 overseer Bud Askins, who is now a disembodied brain on top of a robot. That’s an unusual acting partner for Moises Arias, who plays Norm, but the production made it easy for him.
“We have a lot of practical, not only effects, but things to work with. There was a full working robot, not on its own, not thinking on its own, but it moved robotically, and an actor,” he says. “I was delivering my lines with the actor, which was fantastic, in my scenes with Bud Askins. So it was fantastic. The only thing we really had to imagine was the depth of the vault, which is virtually impossible to create. Everything else was there,”
That said, the MacLean apple may not fall far from the tree. Arias hinted that Norm may be getting into some chaotic trouble of his own in Fallout Season 2.
“The hint of the chaos started from defrosting a group of vault dwellers,” he teased. “From there, that decision gets the ball rolling to all the difficulty that waits for him on the surface. Now with that group, they’re able to figure out how to get out. And I mean, he’s never felt oxygen, or maybe he’s felt oxygen. He hasn’t felt air, the sun rays, nothing like this. So once he’s on the surface, yes, it’s beautiful, but just wait until nightfall. Just wait what’s around the corner. And so reality comes at him really fast.
Fallout Season 2 Is Bringing the Chaos
Norm explores a new vault in Fallout S1Image via JoJo Whilden/Prime Video
Fallout proved to be a big hit for Prime Video when it debuted in 2024. Based on the hit role-playing video game that follows wandering survivors in a post-apocalyptic landscape full of danger and satirical humor, Fallout Season 2 will bring the Prime Video cast to New Vegas, one of the most beloved locales in the Fallout universe.
Per the official synopsis, “Two hundred years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex and gleefully weird universe waiting for them. The new season will pick up in the aftermath of Season One’s epic finale and take audiences along for a journey through the wasteland of the Mojave to the post-apocalyptic city of New Vegas.”
Fallout Season 2 premieres on Prime Video on Dec. 17. Fallout Season 1 is streaming now on Prime Video, and for free elsewhere for a limited time.
Release Date
April 10, 2024
Showrunner
Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan
Writers
Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan
Ella Purnell
Lucy MacLean
