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"The Walking Dead" Stars Play 'Back From the Dead'
A blast from the past.
The Walking Dead fans were talented a nostalgic astonishment for the final occurrence of the long-running post-apocalyptic zombie bid as fan favorites Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) returned to tease their upcoming spinoff. However, viewers were astir successful for a antithetic last moment.
In an interview with Insider, enforcement shaper and finale director Greg Nicotero shared the last-minute changes that allowed for the cameo. "There was a country that we had shot, but erstwhile it was decided to enactment the coda successful we felt similar it would struggle with the Rick and Michonne bit. So we took it out."
The cut scene, the finale's archetypal ending, would have jumped forward successful time with adult RJ and Judith looking to escort immoderate survivors backmost to their Freedom Parkway communities successful Atlanta, continuing the bequest of their mother, Lori Grimes.
Nicotero added that helium initially wasn't definite however they would beryllium capable to extremity the bid noting helium privation "back and forth" connected the antithetic options, including what they'd bash if Lincoln and Gurira weren't capable to marque an appearance.
"We weren't definite astir their availability," helium explained. "We weren't definite astir however to integrate this Rick and Michonne bushed into the existent narrative, which was wrapping up the Commonwealth story." In October, showrunner Angela Kang recalled however the determination to instrumentality the travel down representation lane came to fruition.
"When we were moving connected this past block, we were looking for things that would springiness america a consciousness of history," she told Entertainment Weekly, "because the Commonwealth thematically has truthful overmuch to bash with who were you before, and you're stuck being that. And I deliberation the communicative for our characters is, tin we turn from who we were before?"
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