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Viewers were stunned, and they weren’t the only ones.
That’s just one of the nuggetsThe Walking Deadstar spilled to us when we spoke about the action-packed season-ender.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Well, that was exciting.
ANDREW LINCOLN:Yeah, everyone can breathe again.
And everybody just charged all the way through that episode.
That was the feeling in the air among the crew and the cast.
What a 180 from last time Rick was on his knees.
That’s pretty much the arc of the entire season right there, right?
Yeah, I think so.
It was so painful losing Glenn and Abraham, and it was a very pivotal point in his leadership.
At that point, he said it was enough.
There had been too much death on his watch.
And it smashed him and pulled apart the leader.
It was nice to give a little bit back to Mr. Jeffrey Dean Morgan!
It was quite fun.
It was the first time that I got to push back a little bit.
It had been a season certainly from my view of things of one-way traffic.
And I love the line “You’re all already dead.”
He doesn’t have anything.
And I think that’s the victory already, and he sees it in his eyes.
He sees a coward.
He sees a bully.
He sees a man with nothing.
And then he calls him on it.
I can only imagine what was going on between you and Jeffrey in between takes on that scene.
What was it like getting everyone together for that one big action spectacular scene?
To see the big bad wolf on the run was particularly enjoyable.
And also being reunited with really good friends.
There was a real excitement on set.
You could feel it.
He was carrying a lot of story this season.
Everybody felt it was like an all-star game.
It was such a thrilling atmosphere with the cavalry returning to push them out and save the day.
The tiger comes and saves the day!
I never thought I would be saying that.
Seven seasons in, and it’s a tiger that saves my ass!
Hey, better a tiger than a dude in a giant blue unitard.
He had such a spring on him.
One of the weirdest experiences.
And it was absolutely bizarre.
What is happening?!
I’m serious when I say that I don’t ask for any information.
I don’t want to know.
I think it’s much, much stronger.
I actually gasped out loud when they turned on you.
I was the same!
I read it, and I went, “Ooooooh, it’s so smart!”
It’s so good because it deflects and then it reveals.
All the EPs asked me, “Did you see it coming?”
And I went, “I didn’t see it.”
That’s what excited everybody.
And you don’t have to work too hard for it.
It’s already there.
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