The Walking Dead Season 6: 5 New Characters You Need To Know
2. Carter - AKA Nicholas?
Ethan Embry is the last of the big new additions to the cast, and hes been revealed to be playing a character by the name of Carter, who Scott Gimple has described as being a combo of a few characters that we actually havent hit yet or werent able to hit in other characters. He is an Alexandrian, and has been there the whole time, just quite busy.
There is actually a character within Alexandria by the name of Carter, but he has very little to do and was actually killed before Ricks group arrived, so it seems theyve just taken the name from him.
One of the other characters he could be made up of is Nicholas, even though hes already appeared on the show, at least in name. In the comics, he is the one who attempts to lead an uprising against Rick when unhappy about his leadership and fearing hell get them all killed. In the season 6 trailer, we see Embry clearly challenging Ricks authority, so it may be that theyre passing on the role of Nicholas to him.
Also in the trailer we see Rick delivering the Do you you have any idea who youre talking to? line, which he delivers to Nicholas in the comics. Given that Embry appears a lot more in the trailer, theres a good chance this line is being said to him.