When I hopped onto a call with Johnny Pemberton for The Movie Dweeb, I didn’t expect him to drop a huge Fallout season two bombshell, but here we are. Johnny, who stole our hearts (and a couple of very questionable morals) as Thaddeus, has officially confirmed he’s back for another radioactive round.

Naturally, I had to kick off by asking what it’s been like filming season two, and more importantly, if he’s seen all the wild Reddit theories about his character. You know the ones: Is Thaddeus a ghoul now? Is he starring in a buddy comedyspin-off with Walton Goggins? Is he secretly a Vault-Tec executive with amnesia?!

Johnny laughed, saying, “The speculations are rampant. It’s crazy how much people read into everything with Fallout.” He even confessed that just wearing certain colours has people theorising he’s dropping major spoilers: “I wore a yellow shirt and a blue jacket once, and someone said, ‘He’s definitely in the Vault!’” Honestly, at this point, he could wear purple crocs and the fans would assume he’s founding a new mutant faction.

Of course, I tried to squeeze something spoiler-y out of him (it’s my job, right?) and asked what moment he’s most excited for fans to see in season two. Johnny teased, very carefully, “Some of the sets are so breathtakingly expansive and detailed… It’s like your first time going to Disneyland, but dirty, nasty, perfectly deteriorated Disneyland.” Honestly? Sounds exactly like the Fallout experience we signed up for.

He also shared one of his personal high points from working on the series: being hoisted 70 feet into the air for a quick scene in season one. “I was up there thinking, ‘Man, this is so cool. I could do this until I die.’” I mean, getting crane-lifted into a post-apocalyptic wasteland? Put that on a CV immediately.

Johnny Pemberton and the Glorious Madness of Fallout

If you haven’t watched Fallout yet, what are you doing?! Go binge it immediately. Johnny’s Thaddeus is one of the standout characters, a loveably deranged follower of the Brotherhood of Steel, whose loyalty is matched only by his questionable survival instincts. His performance walks the perfect line between hilarious and heartfelt, making Thaddeus one of the show’s most watchable weirdos.

Johnny’s in seriously good company, too. The cast is stacked with stars like Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets, Arcane), Walton Goggins (The Righteous Gemstones), and Aaron Moten (Next). Together, they’ve helped turn Fallout into one of Prime Video’s biggest successes, with critics and fans alike praising its dark humour, incredible world-building, and surprisingly emotional storytelling.

Fallout has already been renewed for a second season, which, in the world of gaming adaptations, is the equivalent of finding a fresh RadAway supply in a Super Mutant lair.

Ella Purnell Deserves an Award for Keeping Secrets

Speaking of Fallout co-stars, I recently tried (and failed) to bribe Ella Purnell for spoilers about the upcoming second season of Arcane during another Movie Dweeb interview. I even offered her a vape. (I know, I’m nothing if not creative.)

Ella seriously considered it, bless her, before shutting me down in the most polite way imaginable: “I can’t. I really thought about it. I can’t tell you. I just don’t want to get sued by Netflix. We can wait. I don’t want to ruin it.”

Honestly, fair. I wouldn’t want to go head-to-head with a Netflix lawyer either. But between Ella and Johnny, it’s clear that the Fallout family knows how to keep a secret better than a Brotherhood of Steel elder.

Johnny Pemberton’s New Film Mermaid Sounds Wild

And if you need more Johnny Pemberton in your life while we all wait (impatiently) for Fallout season two, good news; he’s starring in a new indie film called Mermaid.

In Mermaid, Johnny Pemberton plays Doug, an awkward, down-on-his-luck bloke from Florida who’s pretty much hit rock bottom. He’s a drug addict, divorced, sharing custody of his daughter, and has just been sacked from his job at a strip club (where, to be clear, he wasn’t stripping – he was in charge of the aquarium fish).

Life’s looking grim. So grim, in fact, that Doug decides to take his boat out into the Gulf of Mexico with the intention of ending it all. But just as he’s about to throw in the towel (or the life vest?), the universe throws him a curveball: he finds an actual injured mermaid clinging on for dear life.

Doug takes it as a sign. A sign to turn things around. He scoops her up, brings her home, and sticks her in the bathtub, like any reasonable person would. He names her Destiny, and sets about nursing her back to health.

I genuinely can’t wait to see what chaos Thaddeus unleashes in Fallout season two, and judging by Johnny’s enthusiasm, it’s going to be bigger, dirtier, and even more gloriously unhinged than the first.

Vault suits on, everyone. It’s going to be one hell of a ride.