Listen, there’s been a lot already written about Fallout ahead of Season 2 , including plenty of stuff about how tough it was for Walton Goggins to endure the hours of makeup it took for him to get into costume as The Ghoul. While his character has been described as literally looking “ like a melted candle ,” there’s actually a fairly sizable faction of fans who are kind of into it, and not in a “this is cool makeup” way. More like in a let’s talk about how “The Ghoul is a zaddy” kind of way.
In fact, one of those fans jokingly tweeted about their (seemingly) favorite Fallout character, using the oft-repeated viral “Incels think women only want rich hot chads with sports cars and six packs but at this very moment, women are losing their minds” post starter to talk about the Internet’s new post-apocalyptic cowboy. And he responded to boot! To be clear, Fallout is going for handsome – in an offbeat way – with The Ghoul. Goggins was clear about this whilst doing press for Season 1.
He’s a handsome 52-year-old dude, after all, whether or not he has a nose. The actor previously told Rotten Tomatoes that they wanted to create a “piece” to apply that would “allow” his face to still remain his face so there would be enough for the audience to develop “empathy” for the character. He said: What we came back to again and again is that we want the audience to lean into this experience.
We don’t want them to be grossed out by it. We want them to.
