“Fallout” Season 2 is gaining a Culkin.
Deadline reports that Macaulay Culkin is joining the cast of Prime Video’s hit sci-fi series in a recurring role. While details are being kept under wraps, the iconic former child star is playing a “mad scientist type.”
He joins a cast led by Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Walton Goggins that also features Kyle MacLachlan, Moisés Arias, Sarita Choudhury, Michael Emerson, Leslie Uggams, Frances Turner, Dave Register, Zach Cherry, Johnny Pemberton, Rodrigo Luzzi, Annabel O’Hagan, and Xelia Mendes-Jones.
“Fallout” is based on a video game series from Bethesda Softworks, and tells the story of a young woman named Lucy (Purnell) who grew up sheltered in an underground vault after a nuclear apocalypse as she goes on a journey on the blighted surface world in search of her father, who has been captured by raiders. Along the way, she meets Maximus (Moten), a troubled surface world warrior, and the Ghoul (Goggins), a disfigured bounty hunter with a complex past. The series is created by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, and executive-produced by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy.
“Fallout” is one of Prime Video’s most successful series to date, debuting at #1 on the Nielsen streaming chart this spring with 2.9 billion minutes watched. Amazon says it’s one of Prime Video’s top three most-watched series. Season 1 earned 16 Emmy nominations, including Best Drama Series and Best Drama Actor for Goggins. It won one Creative Arts Emmy for Best Music Supervision. The show also received an Emmy Award for Best Emerging Media Program for its interactive promotional website “Fallout: Vault 33.”
Culkin is best known for his work as a child actor in films like “Home Alone,” “Uncle Buck,” and “My Girl.” In recent years, he has appeared on “American Horror Story: Double Feature” and “The Righteous Gemstones” and lent his voice to “Entergalactic” and “The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy.” He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023.
