“You read that comic, you kind of don’t want that to go to anyone else”.
However, while evil Negan killed Abraham in relatively short order, he left poor Glenn alive for several minutes… Glenn’s actual death at the hands of Negan is no surprise to comic book readers, but I had thought maybe his under-the-dumpster experience last season would grant him a stay of execution.
Cudlitz: That’s just the nature of the show. As Glenn struggled to talk while Negan took a break between beating him to a pulp, he managed to say to his wife, “Maggie, I’ll find you“. There’s no safety in this show right now. “More than anything, for me as an actor, it’s about challenging myself and doing as many different things as I can”. It’s “Star Trek” – he’s not really in danger. He told our sister site Variety that the deaths of such iconic characters was “beautifully terrible” and “bittersweet”.
But while viewers are used to violence, following the episode, traumatised fans took to Twitter to vent their shock over the shocking episode. Emotionally I was completely drained.
Nicotero: This is by far the most despicable villain that we’ve ever encountered. But before we do, we’re going to issue an obligatory spoiler alert because there are some major spoilers included in this post if you haven’t yet seen episode 1. Are you looking forward to Maggie emerging as a stronger character?
Yeah, it’s graphic and it’s awful. “And while designing, testing and shooting the makeups, we wanted to push it a little bit”.
The tragic character is knocked out by one of Negan’s army, Dwight, before the camera pans to Abraham and Sasha.
The organization’s head Tim Winter questioned whether the TV rating system should be changed to add a separate category for very violent shows.
“We spread a rumor that the cast didn’t even know who was going to die, and that we shot the death of every character, and people were going through contract negations”, Cudlitz said.
He continued: “I suppose Daryl is the type of person that would shoulder that type of blame”.