The Fallout TV show went the extra mile – by creating a real-life Pip-Boy for its cast to use
Fallout cast talk about their interactions with props such as the Pip-Boy in a new interview with GamesRadar+
Table of Contents
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Prime Video)
Speaking to GamesRadar+, Kyle MacLachlan – who plays Overseer Hank MacLean on the Prime Video series – recalled using the iconic wrist gadget, a mainstay of the player character in the Fallout series that acts as both an inventory and information hub.
“I love working with the little Pip-Boy. Taking that idea, an animated concept, and turning it into a real piece of working equipment, that was really fun,” MacLachlan says. “They actually did program some stuff in there that we could play with.”
When pressed on what exactly was on the Pip-Boy, MacLachlan revealed there were “little location things [and] some other movement”.
“It was all pre-programmed, of course, but you actually had something you could interact with which is not just a blank something that you’re looking at. There was actually activity going on …
