Watch: Jeffrey Dean Morgan's Reaction to The Offer of Playing Negan on THE WALKING DEAD
The villainous Negan is coming to The Walking Dead, and those of you who have read the comics know that this dude isn't messing around. Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been cast in the role, and you can read all about the character right here if you're OK with being spoiled. Now that we know he's on the way, Morgan is going to start having to answer questions about the character, and he did just that at the Supernatural PasCon in Pasadena, California this week.
"Ya'll know about Negan? Me too. It's why I did it...
When my agent/manager called they said, ‘You’ve been offered this thing on The Walking Dead…it’s to play this big bad.’ At the time, they didn’t know the character’s name, because I think it was supposed to be a secret. And I’m like, ‘Is it f–king Negan?’ And they’re like, ‘I don’t know, we’re going to have to call you back, hold on a second.’ And I’m like, ‘No, it’s f–king Negan. And I’m f–king doing it.’"
It sounds like he was already a fan of the comics before being cast, and he's excited to take on the challenge of playing such a terrible villain when he's spent the past few years playing characters who are mostly good guys. Check out the video of Morgan's full response, and then head down below for some more quick thoughts about the future of the show.
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I've seen a lot of speculation out there that because of the way the show faked out the audience with Glenn's "death," he might not actually be the one to die by Negan's bat in the series' version of the story. Some are speculating that Norman Reedus' Daryl Dixon may be the one to suffer that fate, and while fans may indeed riot if Daryl goes down, I think that might actually be an effective way to make up for trying to trick viewers with the whole Glenn thing. The show producers must know that the impact will be lessened a little if Glenn goes quickly next season because they've essentially already prepared the audience for that outcome with their fake death ploy, so they could regain the element of surprise by killing off a different beloved character.
What do you all think?
Via: Uproxx