Entertainment Weekly Talks To Robert Kirkman About Episode 3 “Walk With Me” **SPOILERS!**
SPOILERS OF COURSE!!!!!
Entertainment Weekly sat down with Robert Kirkman for an interview about Episode 3 “Walk With Me”. They talk about the return of Merle, David Morrissey, the Governor, and a bunch of other things.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So this episode featured the return of Merle, the introduction of the Governor and Woodbury, a helicopter crash, the gunning down of a bunch of soldiers, and a whole mess of zombie heads in tanks. Was it really just a year ago people were complaining not much happened on your show?
Robert Kirkman: Well, yeah, and I’ve got to say this is a big indication of what to expect from season 3. I mean, this episode is jam-packed with pretty crazy stuff and I think the next episode possibly will top it. We’ve got a lot of big stuff planned for this season. It’s gonna be pretty crazy. In all of our promotion the word we’ve been using to describe this season is “intense” and that’s not just marketing and that’s not just interview nonsense.Wait, we’ve been having these chats now for more than two years. How much of what you’ve told me up to this point has been “interview nonsense”?
A lot. [Laughs]So that’s one hell of an actor you’ve got with this David Morrissey fellow.
He’s a good actor. He’s a handsome man. He’s the total package!He’s British, he doesn’t have a moustache, I don’t think anyone would say he was an obvious choice to play the Governor How did you come to cast him?
He did some test footage that we reviewed and he happened to be in town when we were casting. We ended up meeting over at the AMC offices and he was able to do his screen test in person with AMC people there. It was a scene that was written just for the screen test. It wasn’t used in the show. But it was a scene that was welcoming but sinister and then had a big turn at the end. You know, it was a big deal for me because I had not ever sat in a room with an actor before and watched them go through a wide range of emotions and moods in such a brief amount of time. It really just encompassed everything that we needed from the Governor.I don’t want to say the Governor is more frightening that Merle because I don’t want to be waking up with Michael Rooker’s cold, hard face staring down on me. But in the context of the show Merle does seem to be a little scared of the Governor.
Yeah. That’s by design. We know that everyone knows about Merle and everyone knows that Merle is threatening and he’s a little bit of an “X factor” when thrown into certain situations. Because of what you know about him, his reaction to the Governor informs what you should be thinking about that guy. In the episode, before the Governor takes his turn and ends up shooting those guys, there’s a lot of undertones between him and Merle that should be informing you this is a guy to be looking out for and this guy is definitely dangerous.
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-Dane
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