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Aaron Paul is heading into the wasteland, and suddenly Fallout Season 3 just got a lot more interesting as he ditches Dispatch’s Robert Robertson to play around in the desert.
The Breaking Bad, and star of one of last year’s best games has joined the cast of Prime Video’s Fallout for its upcoming third season, although Amazon is keeping quiet on who he is actually playing. That, naturally, means fans are already doing what Fallout fans do best: building entire conspiracy boards out of one casting announcement, three background details, and a hat seen in a blurry promo image.
The news was confirmed by the official Fallout account, which simply told fans to “please welcome Aaron Paul to Season Three.” That is all we are getting for now, but it is enough to start the speculation machine whirring.
Paul is best known for playing Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad, but this is not his first brush with genre TV. He previously worked with Fallout executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy on Westworld, joining that show in its third season as Caleb Nichols. Hopefully Fallout Season 3 goes a little better for him than Westworld’s later years did, but that is a different vault full of trauma.
There is also a fun bit of Fallout history here. Paul was apparently spotted at a Fallout: New Vegas launch event all the way back in 2010, which either makes this casting a lovely full-circle moment or the most patient job application in Hollywood.
Alongside Paul’s arrival, Annabel O’Hagan and Dave Register have reportedly been promoted to series regulars for Season 3. O’Hagan plays Steph Harper, while Register plays Chet, meaning the show is not done poking around the more unsettling corners of Vault 33 just yet.
Fallout has become one of the rare video game adaptations that actually understands why people liked the source material in the first place. Rather than simply dressing actors in recognisable armour and hoping nostalgia does the rest, the show nailed the franchise’s blend of violence, satire, retro-futurist weirdness, and bleak comedy. Borderlands it is not.
There is no confirmed release date for Fallout Season 3 yet, and Paul’s character remains under wraps. Still, adding him to a cast already led by Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Walton Goggins is a pretty strong sign that Prime Video is not planning on ditching this so far. Please let there be some Breaking Bad Easter Eggs hidden away.
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