Ella Purnell says fans of Fallout will see a shocking new side of Lucy MacLean in Season 2.
talking with Deadline about the section with the title The demon in the snowstreaming now Prime Videorevealed Purnell that she loved exploring Lucy’s more dangerous side during a sequence involving drugs that temporarily remove the character’s fear of violence.
“I couldn’t believe it. I felt so outrageous. Coming from any other character, you’d be like, ‘Yeah, it’s just Fallout,’ but just something about it being Lucy, it feels outrageous. I couldn’t believe it. It’s like when you’re like a little sister, go out and get a little wild — it’s crazy,” she said.
“A lot of 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 much in my career. I didn’t know how it was going to turn out. It turned out well, thank God, I think.”
Lucy’s violent shift occurs after she receives a life-saving Buffout steroid drip following a near-death experience in the previous episode. Under the influence of the drug, her usual moral compass disappears, leading to a deadly – and comical – killing spree.
“But yeah, a lot of fun playing a side of Lucy that’s fearless for once,” Purnell added. “But to play a character who really doesn’t understand the concept of death for just five minutes of the day… it changes all the tension in the scene… and I get to play with some comedy in there, that was really fun.”
Purnell also spoke about switching between Lucy and her other role, serial killer Rhiannon Lewis in Sweetpea.
“It’s actually a strange shift to make,” she said. “I’m thinking, ‘Rhiannon would do that in a heartbeat’.”
