Fallout: Ron Perlman says he got “$40 and a sandwich” for original game's narration
Ron Perlman, the renowned actor who has narrated almost every Fallout game since the original RPG launched in 1997, recently said in an interview that he took the gig for just “$40 and a sandwich.” Not fond of the video game scene, he later wondered why there would be sequels, as the post-apocalyptic Fallout series exploded into a massive franchise.
Ron Perlman recently appeared on The Joe Vulpis Podcast and recalled his voice-over debut in Fallout, which began in the 90s with Interplay Entertainment. He said:
They gave me $40 and a sandwich.” More than a year later, he got another call, “Hey, you remember Fallout? ‘No’ “Well, there’s a second one.’ I go, ‘Why?’
That’s when the numbers stunned him. Fallout had sold an impressive 100,000 copies toward the end of 1997 and “went through the f**kin’ roof.” He said, “I go, ‘Really? Cool.’” Perlman agreed to lend his voice again for Fallout 2. Then the series continued to expand with Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, and Fallout 4. Thinking over this, Perlman said, “I didn’t see that coming.”
Perlman was involved in Fallout’s narration, which set the game’s gritty post-apocalyptic tone and atmosphere. However, he admitted that he’s never tried any of the games. He said, “I’m not a gamer. I wouldn’t know which game goes into which piece of hardware. I’ve never played any of the games.”
He summarized his first experience with Fallout 1, stating, “I did a couple of lines, and you know, got my $40 and my sandwich and went home.”
When he narrated Fallout 1, it had been seven years since he starred as Vincent in Beauty and the Beast, and another seven years before he played Hellboy in Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy. However, Perlman didn’t stop at Fallout when it came to video games.
He also voiced characters in blockbuster titles such as Call of Duty, Halo 2, and Halo 3. This makes his cluelessness about Fallout’s scope and popularity all the more amusing. He said, “This whole Fallout thing is like a mystery to me.”
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