Before they were fighting zombies (and each other) in a post-apocalyptic southern U.S., Walking Dead stars Norman Reedus, Andrew Lincoln, Melissa McBride and others were hard at work earning other noteworthy roles in Hollywood. See pictures of the AMC stars before they were famous!
The Walking Dead Stars: Before They Were Famous
Before they were fighting zombies (and each other) in a post-apocalyptic southern U.S., Walking Dead stars Norman Reedus, Andrew Lincoln, Melissa McBride and others were hard at work earning other noteworthy roles in Hollywood. See pictures of the AMC stars before they were famous!
Before they were fighting zombies (and each other) in a post-apocalyptic southern U.S., Walking Dead stars Norman Reedus, Andrew Lincoln, Melissa McBride and others were hard at work earning other noteworthy roles in Hollywood. See pictures of the AMC stars before they were famous!
Before they were fighting zombies (and each other) in a post-apocalyptic southern U.S., Walking Dead stars Norman Reedus, Andrew Lincoln, Melissa McBride and others were hard at work earning other noteworthy roles in Hollywood. See pictures of the AMC stars before they were famous!
The English actor had to perfect a southern American accent to take on the role of deputy sheriff Rick Grimes in the series. "I spend most of my days playing a cop who chops up human beings. My kids think it's cool," the father of two said in an interview via Daily Mail. "Before I headed out to the U.S. to film this series, I dropped my daughter off at school. As I was leaving one of the girls said, 'What does your daddy do for a living?' and she just said, 'He shoots zombies.'"
Gurira joined the Walking Dead cast as Michonne in 2012. "The parallels of The Walking Dead world and a war zone — that idea was very resonant to me," the actress explained in an interview with Rolling Stone. "The zombies could be a metaphor, symbolic for so many different things."
Christian Serratos played Suzie Crabgrass, Ned’s crush, on Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide from 2004 to 2007. She also starred as Angela Weber in the Twilight films, a role that earned her the award for Young Supporting Actress in the Best Performance in a Feature Film category at the 30th Young Artist Awards.
The English actor signed on for the role of The Governor in the third season. "I lost a bit of weight and I grew a beard," Morrissey said of preparing for the role in an interview with Vulture. "But it would take me five years to grow my hair like he had, so that is a wig."
Playing the role of Daryl Dixon's (Reedus) brother, Rooker joined the cast as Merle Dixon on the first season. His character was killed off in the third season, and Rooker was relieved. "My honest to God true reaction was THANK F---ING GOD I DON'T HAVE TO WEAR THAT STUPID F---ING ARM ANY MORE! THERE! PRINT THAT S---!" he confessed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly about a prosthetic arm he had to wear for his character. "Oh my God, I was so tired of wearing that thing."
The actress went to high school in Hawaii! After graduating, she studied at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from Denver's National Theater Conservatory in 2002. Spoiler Alert! If you don't want to know what happened to Lori in season three, don't click through to the next slide!
Callies portrayed Lori Grimes, the wife of Rick Grimes (Lincoln) on The Walking Dead until season three when her character died in childbirth. "I argued that it was necessary to kill Lori and I feel very strongly that for all of the other deviations we may have from the comic book, killing Lori does something to Rick that is vital for the story and can't be done any other way," the actress said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Bernthal was a regular on the series until 2012 when his character, Shane Walsh, was killed off. "There's nothing like getting your dream job and sitting down with source material and by the time you finish your sandwich, your character's dead," the actor shared about learning Shane's fate in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. "It was quite a shock."
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