Quite the journey. Over the course of The Walking Dead‘s 11 seasons, many stars have come and gone. While some have had shocking deaths — we’re nonetheless not over Glenn or Carl’s demises — different actors selected to depart the sequence.
Andrew Lincoln, who portrayed hero police officer Rick Grimes on the AMC drama from its 2010 debut, introduced that he could be leaving the present in 2018 throughout season 9, leaving followers shocked and inquisitive about how he would exit the zombie sequence.
“I love this show. It means everything to me. I love the people that make this show. I promise not to cry, I’ve done enough crying on screen,” he stated at Comic-Con forward of his closing season. “I suppose what I wanted to say is that my relationship with Mr. Grimes is far from over. And a sort of large part of me will always be a machete-wielding, Stetson-wearing, zombie-slaying sheriff deputy from London, England.”
A supply shared with Us Weekly on the time that the actor actually needed to do extra motion pictures, in addition to spend extra time at residence. After his closing episode, nevertheless, it was revealed that he undoubtedly isn’t executed with the Walking Dead universe. Instead, AMC is planning a number of Walking Dead movies centered across the character Rick Grimes, and Lincoln is about to reprise his function.
Of course, not everyone seems to be so fortunate. Chandler Riggs exited the present in 2018 after showing within the first eight seasons as Rick’s son Carl Grimes. It was not his alternative to depart the present and didn’t plan to, however the character was killed off after being bitten by a zombie whereas saving one other member of the city.
“I was planning on going to college until I found out,” Riggs instructed The Hollywood Reporter in 2017. “I found out when I was doing rehearsals for episode six back in June. It was quite the shocker for me, Andy and everyone because I don’t think anyone saw it coming. It’s definitely not a bad thing because it has been awesome being on the show, but now I get to go and do a lot of other stuff that I haven’t gotten to do before.”
Danai Gurira, who performed fan favourite Michonne, exited the present after season 10. Unlike Carl, although, Michonne wasn’t killed off — she went on a mission to seek out Rick, who she (accurately) believes remains to be alive. Whether which means she returns within the motion pictures stays to be seen, however followers are definitely hopeful.
Another spinoff of the hit sequence, Tales of The Walking Dead, premiered in August 2022.
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