The Walking Dead Season 8: 10 Most Revealing Things The Cast Have Said
“People are going to be blown away by it”...
All out war commences this Sunday when The Walking Dead returns for its eighth season.
Promoting the return of their show is part of being an actor or actress, and they face a difficult balance of trying to persuade fans to tune in without giving anything too saucy away.
After you have finished reading this article, check out WhatCulture's interview with Lennie James, who plays Morgan, for proof of this dilemma, and for his insight into what lies ahead.
This time last year, the cast of the zombie apocalypse drama went incognito to try to avoid spoiling the big mystery of who Negan had pummelled to death with a baseball bat, but they have been lining up prior to the latest instalment to try to hook the audience back in after a significant loss of viewership during the seventh season.
Much of the pre-season talk has been focussed on hyping the upcoming conflict between Rick’s militia and Negan’s Saviours, but there have been snippets of information given up by cast members which offer clues into how other aspects of the narrative might develop.
10. "Season 8 Is My Favourite Season For A Long Time"
What Was Said?
"Season eight is my favorite season for a long time. It feels likes we are back to the show - and certainly the leader that I loved playing - in earlier seasons. And you see him sort of regaining his identity and his strength and becoming a new type of leader and sort of forming a new bond with other people that, up until this point, they haven’t existed."
Who Said It?
Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes) - Entertainment Weekly
What Does This Mean?
This makes it pretty clear that Rick is not going to be dictated to by Negan anymore. For much of season seven, Officer Friendly acted against the instincts that made him the leader that he was, in order to protect those closest to him. But now he knows there is no protection from Negan, we get the Rick that we know and love back.
That Lincoln spoke so highly of season eight is a promising sign that the show will bounce back strongly from its poorest season yet. For the upcoming run, much of the misery of Negan’s rule needs to be replaced with small victories of hope for Rick and his friends, which Lincoln strongly hinted at due to his rediscovered enjoyment in playing the role.