Ella Purnell Reveals Her Favorite Fallout Season 2 Moment
The actress opens up about Lucy MacLean's shocking transformation in episode 4, describing her character's violent streak as both scandalous and thrilling to portray.
Ella Purnell can't stop talking about Lucy MacLean's wild transformation in Fallout season 2's fourth episode. The actress describes her character's violent outburst as absolutely "scandalous" and admits it became her favorite moment in the Prime Video series' latest season.
"I couldn't believe it. Coming from any other character, you'd be like, 'Yeah, it's just Fallout,' but just something about it being Lucy, it feels scandalous," Purnell explained in a recent interview. "It's like when you're like little sister goes out and gets a little wild – it's crazy."
Breaking New Ground
The experience marked uncharted territory for Purnell as an actress. She found herself exploring a completely different side of her character while stepping into unfamiliar acting territory.
"Very fun to see that side of her, to play that side of her, and also, a new experience for me. I haven't done that a lot in my career," she continued. "I didn't know how it was gonna turn out. It turned out good, thank God, I think."
The Buffout Breakdown
Episode 4, titled 'The Demon in the Snow' and directed by Stephen Williams, shows Lucy waking up in a New California Republic camp connected to an IV drip. After leaving the safe zone with The Ghoul, played by Walton Goggins, she begins experiencing severe itching and dramatic mood changes.
These symptoms build to a shocking climax where Lucy loses all self-control and enthusiastically kills a group of Elvis impersonators near New Vegas. The cause? She's been unknowingly dosed with Buffout and has developed an addiction to the substance.
Playing Without Fear
Purnell found the experience of portraying a character temporarily freed from mortality's weight both challenging and entertaining. The shift in Lucy's mindset completely changed how scenes played out.
"She's very tough, she's very brave, I think much braver than I would be, given the circumstances," Purnell noted. "But to play a character who truly doesn't conceive the notion of death for just five minutes of the day, that suddenly there's no stakes, it changes all the tension in the scene, changes all the tension that drives the character. And I get to play with some comedy in there, it was really fun."