He’s free for all intents and purposes,” Lincoln concluded. At least, not anymore, even if that was typical for the Rick of past seasons. Kicking Negan’s ass is as good a reason as any.” And we’re not talking about being ready to fight up to a certain point. Giving him something to do with his grief and pain is essential. He needs to keep moving, otherwise he dies. “I’ve always said that Rick is very much like a shark. “I think he’s ready for battle,” the actor explained. “You saw him in the beginning of the scene last season on his knees, but he’s a completely inverted Rick,” Lincoln said. RICK IS READY TO DIE IN ORDER TO TAKE DOWN NEGANĪndrew Lincoln, who brings life to leader Rick, acknowledged the basically broken version of his character fans saw in season 7 when he spoke at New York Comic Con, teasing a 180 turn in the upcoming season.
So tell your friends who fell out of watching the series last season that it’s time to jump back in. “Season 8 feels like our old show again,” Reedus told the publication, also revealing that the gang will be fighting all together again this year after being apart for so long. Everybody dies.’ He’s very focused on revenge.” “He’s ready to kill everybody, no matter what the group says, no matter what anybody says.
“He’s just got revenge on his mind this year,” Norman Reedus teased to Entertainment Weekly about what’s going on in his character’s head. Get ready to see some action from the crossbow-wielding fan favorite in the new season - and maybe a bit too much of it. Two things are certain after Daryl spent half of the seventh season locked in a dungeon as one of Negan’s slaves: long-time fans of the show want to see more of him and Norman Reedus’ character is pissed. OK folks, scroll down now if you don’t want The Walking Dead season 8 spoilers.ĭARYL IS BACK AND MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER Steven Ogg, who plays Simon in the series, got us all biting our nails when he mentioned in an interview with Comic that The Walking Dead season 8 will “thin the herd.” Gulp. He’s not the only one alluding to the death and destruction to come in the new season, though. “Season 7 was all about building up and getting everyone ready to fight against Negan, and this season there’s going to be lots of explosions, lots of killing, a lot more Negan,” he told Triple J, Australia’s national radio station. Chandler Riggs already gave us a grim idea of what’s going to kick off with The Walking Dead season 8 episode 1, though the actor known for playing Rick’s son Carl stopped just short of giving actual spoiler.