Walton Goggins earns an 'Outstanding Actor' Emmy nomination for playing a sexy noseless mutant in Fallout
Amazon's Fallout series was a big hit, and it turns out the critics like it too. The show has been nominated for 16 Emmy awards, including a couple big ones: Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Walton Goggins.
Most of the categories Fallout is nominated in are for awards that are generally handed out off-camera—things like «Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prostethic),» or «Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour),» the sorts of categories most of us likely haven't even heard of. But it's also up for awards in special visual effects, stunt performance, and writing for a drama series, which are nothing to sneeze at.
The highlight has to be the Outstanding Drama Series nom, which is great but, alas, not one I think it's likely to win. The competition is stiff, including Shogun—«a programme about a man who's so bad at boats he crashes into Japan» in the words of our own Joshua Wolens, which, okay, fair enough, although I don't think that really captures the essence of the thing—as well as 3 Body Problem, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Slow Horses, The Crown, The Gilded Age, and The Morning Show. I won't pretend to have watched any of them, but the general consensus seems to be that Shogun is the one to beat, and it's not going to be beat.
Goggins faces a similarly rough ride in the lead actor category. Other nominees include Idris Elba for Hijack, Donald Glover for Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Gary Oldman for Slow Horses, Hiroyuki Sanada for Shogun, and Dominic West for The Crown. Again, haven't watched, don't know, but it's a hell of a sexy lineup.
There seems to be a bit of confusion about the number of categories in which Fallout is nominated: Amazon claimed 17, but the Emmy website says 16.
Regardless of the number, Bethesda is just happy to be here: The studio said on Twitter that it was «humbled and thankful to have our show be recognized.»
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