I’m about 15 seconds into my conversation with Ron Perlman when we get sidetracked. When I join our Zoom call and mention offhandedly that I’m currently in Minneapolis, Perlman—who got his MFA in Theater from University of Minnesota—jumps in to ask me what life is like now that ICE has descended upon the city. “It really does feel like Minneapolis is under military occupation,” I explain. “You know why?” says Perlman, wearing actual rose-colored glasses and a black T-shirt that says “ICE CREAM” on it. “Because you motherfucking are.” There it is: the gravelly, deadpan charisma that convinced Guillermo del Toro—so far correctly—that Ron Perlman was the only man alive who could play the sardonic superhero Hellboy. Minneapolis aside, Perlman and I are here to talk about a different dystopian reality: the second season of Amazon’s smash hit Fallout, based on the beloved video game franchise of the same name. Perlman brings credibility to the project that eludes even his TV costars Walton Goggins and Kyle MacLachlan. His history with Fallout stretches all the way …