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Being bad is good for Walton Goggins, whose turn in 'Fallout' has kept his star rising

Walton Goggins attends the U.K. special screening of "Fallout" at Television Centre on April 4, 2024, in London.

LOS ANGELES — A wave of dread swept over Walton Goggins on the first day of work on Prime Video's post-apocalyptic drama "Fallout." He was on location by a lake, and was so thrown by the heavy makeup and bulky wardrobe of his outlaw character that he wondered whether he would make it to Day 2.

"The heat index was 106 degrees," he recalled. "I couldn't see. My periphery was off. I couldn't hear so well. I couldn't swallow. After a couple of setups, I sat down on a log and thought, 'I don't know if I can do this. I really don't.'"

Goggins was stepping into the role of the Ghoul, a 200-year-old gunslinger. Think of Clint Eastwood's the Man With No Name without a poncho or a nose, and you get

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