Fallout’s second season will reportedly star Macaulay Culkin as a “mad genius type character,” and I’m praying he’s somehow the best theoretical physicist in the Mojave.

Warning: The following contains spoilers for the first season of the Fallout television show.

The upcoming second series of Amazon’s Fallout TV show will reportedly star Macaulay Culkin, yes, the kid from Home Alone who hasn’t been a kid for a while. Who does he play? Well, we don’t have a name yet, but I have a crazy cool theory.

We already know that filming on the highly anticipated next installment of the show that almost everyone loved begins this month, at least according to one returning actor, so it’s not a big surprise to hear about new additions to the cast that aren’t fictional boys. in boxes.

Deadline reports that Culkin will be joining the show Fallout for its second season, playing “a mad genius type character” in what will be a recurring role.

As the site notes, the actor has recently done other things with Amazon, having voiced a character in the Prime Video animated series The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, which I just discovered also stars Macaulay’s brother , Kieran, like an alien bird. —Dr. Plowp called.

“Anyway, speaking of scientists with strange names, since we don’t know who Culkin will be playing in Fallout, but the second series of the show will be set in New Vegas, I’d like to take this opportunity to nominate him to play Fantastic, the Guy.” mad genius” that you meet in Helios One, who definitely knows what theoretical physics is.

He even tells The Courier: “They asked me how well I understood theoretical physics. I told them I had a theoretical degree in physics. They told me I was welcome on board.” I can see Ella Purnell’s face contorting into a perfect ‘you know, mate?’ expression.

To be clear, this almost certainly won’t happen. I’m not sure the timeline lines up to make any sense, but it’s fun to think about, given the scant details we’ve gotten about Culkin’s role so far.

In the meantime, if you want to spend more time thinking about how strange and wacky Fallout New Vegas and its characters are, here’s an article in which I roam the wasteland trying to hang out with as many of them as possible.