Why Fallout Season 2 Recast Mr. House Explained by Creator & New Actor (There’s a Good Reason)

Season 2 of Fallout has finally arrived, allowing fans to step into the show’s rendition of New Vegas. That also means a big spotlight for the person who runs New Vegas from the shadows in Mr. House, and while the character actually appeared in season 1, the role was recast for season 2. Now the show’s co-creator and its newest addition to the cast have explained why the role was recast, and it makes quite a bit of sense.

Mr. House was played by actor Rafi Silver in a brief appearance in Fallout season 1, but in season 2, the role will be played by Justin Theroux. In a new interview with ScreenRant, co-creator and co-showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet revealed what led to the change. “We wanted to play House as someone who is constantly playing tricks on the world, and was maybe somewhat scared to go out because, think of what a targeted man he is. Would you go out if you were him? And so that’s why we were really excited to do what we did with Rafi Silver, who’s returning from season 1, playing Robert House. I’m curious what fans will think of that — we had a lot of fun with it,” Robertson-Dworet said.

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Theorux would to on to explain that the retrofuturistic setting of the show, especially with season 2, made it “still possible to have avatars in the world where people wouldn’t recognize you.” Mr. House is all about protecting his interests, and that includes himself, so if he sees someone who can help him in some way, he’s going to try to find a way to make it happen.

“So he’s a little bit of a Kim Jong Il or a Putin who might have a couple of other Putins or Kim Jong Ils running around to do his work. I think he’s become so paranoid, or so rarefied, that he needs to live above Las Vegas in a very protected place,” Theroux said.

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It’s also good to know that Silver is still going to play a role in the show throughout the season, and there are still plenty of questions regarding how big that role will be and the status of Mr. House when the show takes place, as the story is set years after the events of Fallout: New Vegas.

Speaking of New Vegas, Theroux also teased something on the set that fans of the games will notice right away, but he wasn’t giving all the details quite yet. “I have to learn what the name of it is, but it’s a particular helmet that at some point makes an appearance, which should be familiar to fans of the game that I wear at one point. But other than that, I was just so blown away by how realized the set was, and how faithful it was to the game,” Theroux said.

“I was drawn to all parts of it, that big bank of monitors. It was really impressive to see that set in all its glory. And then again to see it in what I guess we’re calling the present, after 200 years have passed, and it’s still there. It scratches that itch of all those videos that you see on Instagram or YouTube of, ‘A hotel frozen in time in the ’50s,’ those sorts of explorer videos, which I think is sort of the draw of the game,” Theroux said.

Fallout season 2 is now streaming on Prime Video.

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