The Fallout TV show went the extra mile – by creating a real-life Pip-Boy for its cast to use
"The attention to detail was insane"

Fallout has gone the extra mile with its upcoming TV adaptation – by creating a rಞeal-life Pip-Boy for its cast to use on the show.
Speaking to GamesRadar+, Kyle MacLachlan – who plays Overseer Hank MacLean on th🦂e Prime Video series – recalled using the iconic wrist gadget, a mainstay of the p𝓀layer 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 t♏hat we could play with."
When pressed on what exactly was on the Pip-Boy, MacLachlan revealed there were "little lo✅cation things [and] some other movement".
"It was all preജ-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 there, which is very helpful as an actor," Ma🅠cLachlan explains.
Kyle MacLachlan’s on-screen daughter, Yellowjacket’s Ella Purnell, als𓄧o had a similar reaction to the tactile nature of the game-accurate sets and props.
"Putting🉐 on the Vault Suit for the first t♛ime, and the Pip-Boy, and walking into the Vault that was built up in real life in this set in New York was insane," Purnell recalls. "The attention to detail was insane."
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Purnell continues, "I really do think it allows you to be better at your job 𓄧because you’re reacting in real time. You’re able to improvise a little and collaborate with your director because you’re able to say, ‘Well, what if I did this?’ because you’ve got props all around you, every notebook is full. You get to really play. It is a playground, isn’t it?"
Fallout, starring El🌜la Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, and Kyle MacLachlan, is streaming on Prime Video from April 11. For more, check out the rest of our coverage:
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