Glen Mazzara Comments On Frank Darabont

Since Frank Darabont’s departure from the show, a lot of Walking Walking Dead fans have been concerned about the show’s future. But Glen Mazzara, while talking to various media outlet says that:

“I think the show would be inauthentic if I tried to mimic’s Frank’s voice. I’m not Frank Darabont and I shouldn’t try to be. I think that would hurt the show,” Mazzara stated, adding his awareness that trying to fill the void left by a well-known talent like Darabont is a daunting task – not just for him, but the entire cast. Let me be honest, it was rough. There’s an emotional connection to Frank that they’re never going to have to another writer/producer. “There’s been all this concern that I’m going to f— up this show, and really, we’re just trying to get it done.”

It has been said that, while under the supervision of Darabont, 8 of the 13 episodes have already been mapped out and scripted, so the hiatus between episode seven and eight may be beneficial to Mazzara.  The first seven episodes of season two will end on a cliffhanger according to Gale Ann Hurd which will start off the 11 week hiatus between episode 7 and 8. So after those 11 weeks we may get to see if Mazzara will go off in a new direction and take the show to new places.

“We all did a lot of work on plotting this season under Frank, and part of the reason we’ve had such a smooth transition is that it’s a fully articulated world. This [season] is consistent with the material that we did last year. I think, like any second season, you work out the bugs. You try to improve. What you’re seeing is the usual growth of any TV show, creatively. There’s no plan to deviate from what we worked out, there’s no different vision of the show.”

And onto another topic when asked about the zombie kills that the show is known for Robert Kirkman says that:

“Breaking Bad keeps setting new precedents for us to try and top. The fight really, for me, is to find something that they’re not going to let us do, so we have to continually top ourselves.”

Finally, Mazarra also commented on the shows violence and gore and says that:

“You need to break the tension. This is not a bleak world, it is an intense world, but you need to have humor and hope in it otherwise it’s a very bleak, ugly world and that’s not something we’re interesting in doing.”

Frank Darabont is still listed as an Executive Producer but his influence on the show remains unclear.

-Dane

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