Director of THE WALKING DEAD Talks about First Episode of Season 2
Director Gwyneth Horder-Payton is the director of the first episode of The Walking Dead season 2, and in a recent interview she reveals what we can expect in this first episode. Horder-Payton has also directed episodes for The Shield, Battlestar Galactica, Fringe, Torchwood, Son of Anarchy and more.
In the interview the director gives us some details involving an RV action sequence, and some interesting personal details between Rick and Lori. Here's what she had to say,
What we discovered is that when you suddenly find yourself a member of a very small tribe who can't wander very far, the notions of public and private change.
People have to give moments of privacy to people even though they're sitting five feet away. So you have Lori and Rick who want to have a private moment, but can't walk away so they have a private moment within a group.
When asked if these post-apocalyptic survival scenarios mirror the environment on the set of a post-apocalyptic survival television series, Horder-Payton said,
Now, that's interesting. The social structure of set life has nothing to do with post-zombie apocalypse. But people are thrown together to make a movie or make a TV show. As a director, I'm thrown in there and I work with these people intensely for seven or eight days, and you tell these people secrets the first day that you wouldn't tell even some of your friends. It happens. You have to bond immediately in order to get through this thing. And then, it's over and as director it's very painful because you leave and you may never see them again.
When talking about her most memorable moment while directing the series, she teases an action-packed scene involving the RV,
We went through several driving RV scenes. There was a small group of crew members in the back of the RV, Andy's driving and he's a very good driver, but he is going fast away from the exploding CDC and he has to make a hard right turn, and we're all in the back and the scene back there is just absolutely absurd: Everything is just flying. The boom guy comes literally flying six feet through the air and lands on the script supervisor.
I loved the first season of The Walking Dead, and I can't wait for season 2! The Walking Dead will be at San Diego Comic-Con this year, and I will definitely be hitting up the panel, which takes place on Friday, July 22nd at 11:15am in Ballroom 20. I'm sure they will be showing off some footage from season 2 and it looks like pretty much the whole cast will be in attendance.
Here's a list of people who will be there,
Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually), Jon Bernthal (The Pacific), Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), Laurie Holden (The Mist),Norman Reedus (Boondock Saints), Steven Yeun (The Big Bang Theory), Jeffrey DeMunn (The Green Mile), Series Creator, Writer, Director, Executive Producer Frank Darabont (Shawshank Redemption), Executive Producer Gale Anne Hurd (The Terminator), Executive Producer Robert Kirkman (Creator/Writer of The Walking Dead comic) and Make-up Artist and Consulting Producer Greg Nicotero.