Prime Video's live-action TV adaptation of Fallout is visually stunning – and those wild desert sets are real.
Instead of throwing some sand under a green screen, The Wasteland was filmed in Namibia on the Skeleton Coast. This part of the desert is home to Kolmanskop, a ghost town filled with traces of once-beautiful homes – just like the one Lucy entered in episode two. The dry climate of the Namib Desert preserves not only the ruins of these houses, but also their decoration and furniture. The former mining town, located in a part of the desert known as the “Forbidden Zone,” was completely abandoned by 1956, with a private ghost tour company turning it into a tourist attraction in 2002.
“We were really transported to a desolate location. It became our set, the sands of Namibia. That first feeling – I remember going out and doing the scene,” star Aaron Moten told GamesRadar+. “It took a lot of work that you have to put in sometimes as an actor. Obviously I believe in where we're at. I felt like I had to invest back in my scene partners and dig deeper into the story.”
The Wasteland is the name given to what remains of Earth after the nuclear disaster, with the events of the first season taking place in the destroyed city of Los Angeles known as New California. We may well see Mojave Wasteland Season 2 having to adapt a certain fan-favorite game as its central location…
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