Amazon's Fallout TV show was a massive success when it debuted last year, drawing in over 100 million viewers on Prime Video and kickstarting a massive renaissance for the Fallout games the series adapts. Now, Season 2 of the show just premiered its first episode to universal acclaim and has already broken records.
Indeed, excitement for the series seems just as sky high as it was when Season 1 came out, though this time around, the new season is releasing episodically every week on Wednesdays — and one surprise Season 2's later episodes may have in store could be a performance from one of the most legendary actors in Fallout history.
That actor is Ron Perlman, best known by film and TV audiences for his performances as Hellboy in movies from that franchise and Clay Morrow in Sons of Anarchy. To Fallout fans, though, he's the iconic narrator of the opening cutscenes in nearly every game, including 1, 2, Tactics, 3, New Vegas, and 76. He also voiced Butch Harris in The Hub in the original RPG, the newscaster at the start of Fallout 4, and most endings in the titles he did intros for.
Outside of Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, Perlman's distinctive deep and resonant voice has been audible in every Fallout game ever made, with his most notable delivery being the series' "war never changes" tagline. Naturally, that's had fans wondering if he'll appear in the TV show at some point — and when Dexerto recently asked Bethesda's Todd Howard about that, his response suggests that it's a very real possibility.
"Look, love Ron, we've worked with him a lot," Howard said (after reiterating the showrunners' intention to avoid canonizing any one New Vegas ending). And so, I think when you think about him and you think about that voice, you know, you think about like, 'Hey ... is there a place and what's the right one?'"
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That's hardly an indication that Perlman will appear in Season 2, though it does, at the very least, signal that the producers at Bethesda and Amazon are thinking about ways he could be brought onto the show in a way that feels fitting.
It's important to note, though, that Perlman was present at the Los Angeles premiere of Fallout Season 2 earlier this month, and was in a photo taken with all the show's cast members. This implies he may actually have a role in Season 2 — one that Howard didn't want to spoil in his interview.
Earlier this year at Corpus Christi Comic Con, Perlman also noted he "can't talk about number two" when asked about Fallout, suggesting the possibility of a Season 2 appearance. "But just in 'not talking' about it I think I just talked about it," he added.
If Perlman is in Fallout Season 2, what role might he be playing? It's impossible to say for sure, though many fans believe he's behind the extremely deep, gravelly voice heard in Season 2's official trailer (read our full breakdown). This voice is extremely similar to those we've heard from Super Mutants in the games, so if that is Perlman, he could be playing the beloved Super Mutant Marcus from Fallout 2 and New Vegas, or perhaps an entirely new character.
Of course, this is all just speculation. But even if Perlman isn't in Fallout Season 2, I do hope he appears in the show in one way or another in the future.
Note that if you've never played the Fallout games he lent his voice to, all of them are playable on both Xbox and/or PC through Xbox Game Pass.
Would you like to see Ron Perlman play a role in the Fallout TV show? Do you want him to reprise his role as a narrator in some way, or play a character in the show itself? Sound off in the comments.
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