Fallout has such a wealth of lore that it is downright impossible to fully explore it all on the small screen. But some questions are more pressing than others. For example, we all want — need! — to know more about how Walter Goggins’ character, The Ghoul, got the way he is. Once a heroic family man, now hardened outlaw, the Ghoul is a menace you can’t help but root for. Turns out, we may be in luck.
During New York’s annual Paley International Summit, executive producer Jonathan Nolan gave fans of the series a good tease. Nolan is a hardcore fan of the Fallout series, who chose not to tell us exactly how much he’s played (“I won’t share how many Fallout hours I’ve played, but it’s a lot”). But one thing he’s noticed where the medium of video games struggles is with telling backstories through flashbacks — and that’s something he’d like to remedy in television.
