Yo, Science! Aaron Paul's Joining Fallout S3 – And Everyone's Got the Same Radiant Idea, Mate.
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Aaron Paul, famous for his 'Yeah, science!' line as Jesse Pinkman in *Breaking Bad*, has joined the cast of Amazon's *Fallout* Season 3, prompting widespread fan speculation that he'll play a scientist. Filming is set to begin this month, with Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins returning, and two other vault dwellers upped to series regulars.
Bloody hell, folks, grab your Nuka-Cola and gird your vault suits, because the wasteland's about to get a whole lot more... *sciencey*? Or at least, that's what the internet's been collectively manifesting since the news dropped!
Our mate Aaron Paul, famously known for playing Jesse Pinkman in *Breaking Bad* – yeah, that one, the chap who cooked up more than just dinner and occasionally exclaimed 'Yeah, science!' with gusto – is officially joining the cast of Amazon's *Fallout* show for its third season. Fair dinkum, what a scoop! (Big thanks to Victoria Phillips Kennedy over at Eurogamer for the initial intel, by the way.)
Naturally, because the internet is a glorious, meme-fueled beast, everyone immediately jumped to the same conclusion: Paul *has* to play a scientist. I mean, it just makes sense, doesn't it? The man's got experience with chemistry, albeit the slightly more... explosive, blue-crystal kind. It's like asking a wizard who can only cast fireballs to suddenly heal; people have expectations, eh?
Filming for Season 3 is apparently kicking off this month, which is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it pace if you ask me. Paul will be joining returning legends Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins – can't wait to see what fresh chaos Lucy and Ghoul get up to. We've also heard that Annabel O'Hagan (our pal Stephanie 'Steph' Harper from Vault 33) and Dave Register (Chet) are being bumped up to series regulars. Good on 'em, more screen time for the vault dwellers!
Now, before we get too carried away with the 'scientist or bust' theories, it's worth noting Paul's not just a one-trick pony. He's lent his pipes to *Dispatch* and, crucially, worked with *Fallout*'s executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy on *Westworld*. So, they know what he can bring to the table, and I reckon it might be something a bit more surprising than just lab coats and beakers. Or maybe it *is* lab coats and beakers, but with a *Breaking Bad* twist – like, he's making Super Stimpacks with questionable ingredients for Caps. A truly Web3 economy, right there!
This casting news comes as the *Fallout* show continues to, well, *fall out* with success. It was renewed for a third season months before season two even aired – talk about confidence! – and Todd Howard himself confirmed writing was already underway last December. That's a good sign, isn't it? Means they've got a grand plan, not just winging it.
So, will Aaron Paul be donning a hazmat suit or something entirely different? My money's on the showrunners pulling a fast one on us, but you never know. It's the wasteland, mate, anything can happen. And frankly, I'm here for whatever glorious, chaotic mess they cook up next. Just don't ask him to say 'bitch' too often, eh? Unless it's directed at a Deathclaw. That'd be acceptable.
Tags: Fallout, TV Adaptation, Casting News, Gaming Culture, Web3 Gaming
Original article: Eurogamer