Spoiler alert: Read on only if you have already watched Sundays season 9 premiere ofThe Walking Dead.
Change was the big word when it came to the season 9 premiere ofThe Walking Dead.
I like that its got a much more graphic feel.
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I like the little Easter eggs throughout the first eight seasons of the show are there.
And it lets the audience know right out of the gate that were not giving them the sameWalking Dead.
Were gonna give them something different.
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Were very, very much committed to keeping the show updated.
I kind of like that it feels like a living comic book, which clearly theWalking Deadis based on.
What was the most difficult sequence for you to shoot in this episode?
For me, one of the most exciting things was I always love being in an urban environment.
Thats why we see all the burned-out cars, and all the debris blowing across the street.
I just wanted to really feel that.
So again, Im really trying to embrace the genre roots ofThe Walking Dead.
We see Ezekiel and Carol are now fully in a relationship.
Is that fun for you all to see Carol like this?Yeah, for sure.
I love the scene where Ezekiel pulls the ring out and he just looks so sheepish about it.
And he just looks like this wounded little boy.
Because we have some great actors, you dont need to spell it out every time.
Its kind of fun for the audience to figure things out on their own.
You know our audience, they will.
So that little moment between the two of them I really liked a lot.
Theres a bunch of great moments in the episode, but that one in particular really makes me smile.
What was it like getting to work with them for the first time?They killed it.
When I was cutting that episode together I found myself so intrigued by their characters.
They just really fit in naturally.
The scene with John and Xander [Berkeley] was really great.
And everything with Brett, you just feel her anguish and her pain.
To me, this is really Maggies episode, and it sets up some interesting things moving forward.
Lets talk about having to say goodbye to Gregory, played by Xander Berkeley.
One of the more unique villains you all have had.
Weve been friends for a long time.
We have a ton of mutual friends.
He has a real affinity for that.
So its always sad.
We keep him close, we can keep our eye on him.
Theres no way he could do something that bad.
And then he does.
In that particular instance hes definitely playing Maggie, and hes playing everybody.
But again, I think that really does a lot to show what theyre capable of doing.
And Rick says, Everybody should go home and take care of your own.
Where we pick up in this episode, clearly the Sanctuary has not been able to thrive.
So its a fascinating aspect of human nature to explore.
Speaking of things I love exploring, you are the monster makeup guru.
A lot of great walkers in this one.
Even when the outline came out, three of the crew were like, Have you read it yet?
Have you read it yet?
Did you get to the one… And it was like five minutes after the outline had come out.
Shes like, We know, thats why we put it in there.
You heard it here.
Cause for me I was like, It just cant be a bunch of little baby spiders.
We need to really up the ante.
But even when we were shooting that, Avi was just completely freaked out by it.
There could be a sort of a whodunnit in our future.
Also verify to read our premiereQ&As with Xander Berkeley, who plays Gregory, andshowrunner Angela Kang.
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