15 former The Walking Dead stars: Where are they now?
By Sandy C.
The list of fallen The Walking Dead characters is high, where are some of our favorite former stars now?
More than anything, AMC’s The Walking Dead has broken our hearts by having us fall in love with a character only to kill them off later on. I’ll admit, this makes sense for the story most of the time. However, other times it only upsets viewers. Spoiler alert if you’re not caught up on the series!
The way some of these deaths are handled is also not ideal and doesn’t seem fair to either the character and actor. Yes, we’re mostly talking about Steve Yeun. Though Yeun’s character, Glenn, does die in the comics (and the series did copy the scene from the books almost exactly), what leads up to it (the dumpster scene and teasers) is toying with audiences emotions for the shock factor. What follows isn’t even a tribute to Glenn, only Daryl’s guilt for the most part.
Maggie (Lauren Cohan) is the one who should be mourning, but all the attention is focused on Daryl’s tears. Also, did we even know Glenn? Other than his last name and that he delivered pizzas? One of The Walking Dead‘s original and most important characters and he wasn’t even given the time of day for a proper introduction or background story.
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Then, we have Chandler Riggs, who, according to reports, wasn’t even aware his character was going to be killed off. Rumor has it, Riggs was turning 18-years-old soon so he’d have to get a pay raise and the network didn’t want to. So they killed him off instead. Unlike Glenn, this was not in the cards for Carl in the books.
Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes may not be dead, but he might as well be! His character will be featured in three upcoming TWD movies, which isn’t the same but whatever.
Which dead character from The Walking Dead do you miss most? Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies), Merle (Michael Rooker), or Tom Payne’s Jesus? In the following slides, we’ll be remembering 17 former TWD stars and giving you a brief update of their current whereabouts.