Fallout star Walton Goggins reunited with a familiar face during this week’s episode of the hit video game adaptation.
Goggins, who portrays Ghoul in Fallout, spoke to Deadline about what it was like to reunite with his White Lotus co-star Jon Gries. The latter made an appearance in the third episode of the Prime Video series as Biff, a soldier for the New California Republic (NCR).
Ghoul encounters Biff on his way to the Legion’s camp, where Lucy (Ella Purnell) has been taken. Gries’ character is stationed at an abandoned outpost with Rodriguez (Barbara Eve Harris), who informs him that the NCR has not contacted them for more than a decade.
Goggins revealed that he had a great time working with Gries again. He said that he considers his co-star family at this point, especially after their time together on White Lotus season 3. “Jon is a very dear friend of mine. And whenever you work with someone like Mike White, or anybody that you don’t know in that community of actors or crew, whenever you come across them, it’s like family.“
The actor added that Gries had actually been a good friend of his since before they both starred alongside each other in the HBO hit drama series. “Jon just happened to be a friend of mine long before we did that, so it was so good to see him,” he explained.
In the third season of The White Lotus, Goggins played Rick while Gries portrayed Gary. The two characters formed an uncomfortable alliance after their partners, Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood) and Chloe (Charlotte Le Bon), became friends. Earlier in the story, Gary, formerly known as Greg, was married to an heiress named Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) and got involved in a scheme that caused her death before he ran off to Thailand.
Goggins’ portrayal of Rick in White Lotus earned him a Golden Globe nomination. The third season of the series as a whole received 23 nominations and one 1 (Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music) in 2025.
New episodes of Fallout are released on Prime Video every Wednesday.
