It wasn’t that long ago when most video game adaptations stunk. Successful live-action takes were few and far between. Now they’re among the best and most successful TV shows and movies in the world. And when you’ve reached that level of success it’s a lot easier to get big stars to join your series or film. That’s clearly the level Prime Video’s Fallout has reached. The show’s already impressive cast is getting even better in season three. Emily Mortimer, Manny Jacinto, and Thomasin McKenzie are heading to the wasteland.
Prime Video announced Mortimer (Jay Kelly, Paddington in Peru), Manny Jacinto (The Acolyte, The Good Place), and Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho, Jojo Rabbit) have signed on to Fallout‘s third season. The streamer did not announce who they will be playing. Since the series includes many flashbacks to events more than two centuries earlier, their characters could be seen in the past, the present, or both.
The three will join Breaking Bad‘s Aaron Paul who already joined the show ahead of season three. They’ll expand the dystopian remnants of the former United states alongside returning stars Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, Kyle MacLachlan, Moisés Arias, Frances Turner, Annabel O’Hagan, and Dave Register. Season two also introduced Justin Theroux as Mr. House and Macaulay Culkin as the new leader of the Legion.
This latest casting news comes ahead of the show returning to production. Season three will begin filming this month in Los Angeles. That should help the series fulfill executive producer Jonathan Nolan’s desire to get new episodes out as quickly as possible so Fallout can avoid lengthy waits between seasons.
It’s a modern television scourge we wish would go away entirely. But one thing we hope never changes about TV is that the best shows have an easy time getting the best actors.