"I'm not a gamer," Perlman says in the interview. "I wouldn't know how to put a game—I wouldn't know which game goes into which piece of hardware. I've never played any of the games. The whole Fallout thing is a mystery to me."

Ya, not everyone is going to be into video games. For someone who just does some voice work, that seems pretty reasonable.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This was my same feeling when someone posted a similar quote by Goggins. I fucking love fallout, and everything fromsoft, but those aren't for all gamers, and games aren't for everyone.

Let people live their lives how they want.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

its why the show is so cool now my dad whose never played fallout can enjoy fallout with me

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

While the show absolutely hits it out the park as far as nailing the feel of it, the immersion will not be complete for me until there is one absolutely insane interaction. Like running into some nightkin that lost their stealthboys, or a tree asking you for a sex therapist.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

the show just had FISTO on it. its already peaked in insane interactions

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

No fucking way!

I haven't seen any of season 2 yet but now I am fucking pumped!

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Could at least watch a video on it

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 1 points 17 minutes ago

I think that depends on how big their role is in something. If an actor is just reading a monologue or a few lines as part of narration, it's probably not worth the time. For a major role which will interact with the world and lore, I'd agree that some background work would be useful to understand who the character is and what their place in the world is. Though, at some level, people are people regardless of their specific situations. If you understand (or build) their motivations in a reasonable way, then their actions and reactions can be understood by them reacting to the world around them in expected ways. Sure, some larger than life people might react in very specific ways, and a different upbringing or training can shape how one reacts, but it's still going to be about understanding that character's motivations.

[–] NeonNight@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

For what reason? Actors just do their jobs like anyone else, doesn’t mean they need to be interested in the material themselves. Plenty of actors don’t watch everything they’re in

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

I’d even argue the opposite. I think when actors are fans of the stuff they work on it changes their approach, and not always for the better.

Many of the actors on Star Trek series in the 90s (TNG, DS9, VOY) were not actually Star Trek fans, hadn’t watched the show (I think some hadn’t even heard of it before hearing about the audition opportunity), and just approached their roles as actors approach any other parts. They said in hindsight that if they were fans of the show and realized how popular it was they’d be too nervous to play their characters effectively.

Now it sounds totally unfathomable that you’d be able to find actors who didn’t know anything about Star Trek!

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Have you ever been ZERO percent interested in something been involved in, as popular and well known as fallout? Even after knowing how big it got, even if it was only $40, I would have at least brushed up on wtf I am now involved with.