K.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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