Kyle MacLachlan on the ‘Magic Ride’ of Making ‘Fallout,’ Bonding With Timothée Chalamet Over ‘Dune’ and Those Viral TikToks
variety.comK.J. Yossman With iconic roles in “Twin Peaks,” “Sex and the City” and the original “Dune,” over a 40-year career Kyle MacLachlan has established himself as both a chameleon and an on-screen legend.
So it’s no surprise that in the same week he’s launching his latest project – Prime Video’s adaptation of blockbuster video game franchise “Fallout” – he’s also the recipient of the Canal+ Icon award at Canneseries in France, where he’s giving a masterclass about his storied career.
To prepare for the masterclass, MacLachlan admitted he’d been watching YouTube videos of previous editions. “It looks like it’s more of an interview [than a class] that will go into some depth about my process, what I do and how I approach something,” he tells Variety ahead of the session on a stopover in London, where he joined the rest of the “Fallout” cast and creative team at a glitzy premiere in a repro vault bunker. “I’m a huge sci-fi fan,” MacLachlan says of his decision to board his latest project, which is co-created by Jonathan Nolan, Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet. “I thought it sounded like such a magic ride, I wanted to be part of it.” In “Fallout” he plays literal and metaphorical father figure Hank, who presides over Bunker 33 some 200 years after a nuclear war destroys civilization. “Hank was appealing,” MacLachlan says. “I’m a father myself, I have a 15 year old, and I haven’t had the opportunity to play that many fathers actually.
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