But for Walton Goggins, joining Season 3 of The White Lotus came with unseen baggage. The Alabama native came to the Thai island of Koh Samui (where the new Lotus is set) almost two decades ago after tragedy struck in his private life.

Three decades after he arrived in Hollywood with $300 in his pocket, Goggins is finally a bona fide star, with another season of the smash hit Fallout on deck and a risky, personal role in HBO’s The White Lotus about to drop.

Fallout Season 2 is now in production and series star Walton Goggins has provided an update on it. Goggins, who plays The Ghoul, said Season 2 is "in the middle of filming" currently and that Season 2 is bigger and better than Season 1.

That last line may be a reference to how production on Fallout Season 2 was delayed briefly due to the Los Angeles wild fires. Season 2 was expected to resume filming in early January in California following a holiday break, but those plans changed when the fires ripped through the area. Filming later resumed and remains ongoing.

Now, Walton Goggins - who plays The Ghoul in the Fallout show - has commented on how filming is going. Speaking with Deadline on the red carpet for The White Lotus, Goggins confir