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I didn't know it would last
this long. I had no idea.
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It's been so freeing
to create this world
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and to live in this world for this long.
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It's just a really
special bond that we have.
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We didn't have nearly as
large of a cast back then,
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so it was a much smaller
ragtag group of people
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who were there all the time.
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It was just us in the woods
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as a family just kicking butt.
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I wasn't really 100% sure
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how the general public would take it.
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We never dreamed that there would be
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this kind of response to this show.
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21 million people a week watching
your show at the height of it.
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I thought that I would
be fine, prepared.
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I fucking was not.
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Because it was like
jumping on a moving train.
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You will not be able to talk
about the history of television
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without talking about
AMC's "The Walking Dead."
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I love that I get to
be a part of something
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that meant so much to people.
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For all the skepticism
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about whether a zombie
show could work on TV,
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it kind of blew everyone away
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as to what could be done with the genre.
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It felt very special from the beginning.
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How do you bring a story like this
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to a conclusion that is worth the legacy
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of what this show is?
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What do we want to give people?
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Why have they been with us this long?
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And how do we honor that?
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The goal from the beginning
was, make it as big
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and make it as impressive
as we possibly can.
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It's just gonna be crazy, man.
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Have I thought about the end? Yeah.
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Kind of breaks my heart, to be honest.
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We're gonna see
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a bit of the OG "Walking Dead" return.
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Get ready. It's gonna be bloody.
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So we ready to roll?
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I'll have you introduce yourself,
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uh, and kind of tell me
what your job is on the show.
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Hi. I'm Tom Luse.
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I'm an executive producer
on "The Walking Dead"
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and part of the producing team.
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I'm Denise Huth, and I'm one
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of the executive producers
on "The Walking Dead."
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My name is Scott Gimple.
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I am the chief content officer
of "The Walking Dead" universe.
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My name is Angela Kang,
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and I am the showrunner
of "The Walking Dead."
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My name is Gregory Paul Nicotero,
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March 15, 1963,
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Yeah, I've been here
basically longer than anybody.
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So I know it all.
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For any of us that started
on the show early enough,
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I don't know that there were
very many people who were like,
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"This could totally become a franchise."
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We were just like,
"Well, this is the show,
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and we're gonna make the
best version of this show
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that we can for as long
as we're allowed to."
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"The Walking Dead" has always been
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the greatest summer camp on Earth.
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That aspect of it,
of us being in Senoia,
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this lovely little town,
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just doing our thing
away from the world,
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there was a purity to that.
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The expectations at the beginning
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were not that we were gonna
become what we have become.
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It's been interesting.
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I've done a lot of zombie movies.
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I've never done a zombie school.
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So I thought that it
was really good for me
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to be able to go through
and kind of handpick
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the people that I really liked.
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For quite a while, we had talked
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about the idea of doing some
sort of genre zombie show.
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And then, of course,
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"The Walking Dead" comes
along, the comic book.
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We first got the rights to
the comic book way back in 2005
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and spent five years
trying to get it made.
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And so AMC finally said yes,
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and we were able to shoot
that first season in 2010.
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Norman Reedus, take one.
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There was so much care and thought
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that went into that original casting.
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You know, I remember being there
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for when Andy came and did a screen test
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and Bernthal and Sarah,
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and it just felt very
special from the beginning.
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It felt like this little
kernel of something
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that could be amazing
and we wanted to protect.
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I won't do it.
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We can't just leave.
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Carol, the group is split.
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We're scattered and weak.
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What if she comes back
and we're not here?
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Could happen.
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If Sophia found her way
back and we were gone,
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that would be awful.
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I came to be a part of the show
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having done a film called "The Mist."
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And I think it was three years later
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and totally unexpected.
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Got a phone call they had a role
for me in "The Walking Dead."
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I had no idea what
"The Walking Dead" was.
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I remember going to the comic store
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to find out what it was,
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and I opened the book,
just some random page.
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And it was...
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And I was like, "Oh, dear.
Oh, dear. Well, I don't know.
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What am I getting myself into?"
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I read the pilot.
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It seemed super honest.
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I didn't really read
zombies into the pilot.
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I saw a man trying to find his family
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and being confused and worried.
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And it really struck with me.
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Dad!
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Getting cast on the show was
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pretty fast and really exciting.
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They originally had said,
"We're gonna bring you out
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for a screen test with Steven Yeun."
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And then, like, a day later, they said,
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"Actually, we're gonna
fly you to Georgia
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and you're gonna start filming."
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It was just sort of the
perfect work atmosphere.
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And everybody was very excited
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'cause we were going into an unknown.
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There wasn't a show quite
like "The Walking Dead."
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Nobody knew what was
going to become of it.
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We were aware that this
would be a six-episode pilot.
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We didn't know if we
would have another season.
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There was no expectation
of a season two.
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So it sort of felt like,
do whatever we gotta do
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and just get through those six episodes.
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Our production budget and
our crew size was modest.
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We had very few resources
to make the show.
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What we had were an
amazingly dedicated team
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behind and in front of the camera.
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A variety of different bloods.
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This is, like, our zombie blood.
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We have dark zombie
blood, dressing blood,
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pumping blood, dark pumping blood,
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mouth blood, zombie mouth blood.
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I think six different kinds of blood?
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Something like that, yeah.
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We shot on 16 millimeter film.
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We did almost all of
our effects in camera
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and kind of embraced an
old-school horror mentality
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that got me very excited
about new ways of filmmaking.
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Ooh. There we go.
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You know, it felt like a
little feature, to be honest.
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It felt like a movie.
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Who are these people?
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It was the first thing I'd
done with a group of actors
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that were 100% behind you.
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Everybody was in it to win it,
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and it was a family.
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That whole ensemble feel
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was really laid down
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really nicely by Andy Lincoln.
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He was like a superb leader.
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I want to make this
as real, as harrowing,
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as raw, and as exciting
as I can possibly do.
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I'm gonna give it my all.
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Everybody really bonded like that.
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You know, we were away from Hollywood,
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away from our families.
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We were out here in the woods.
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It was just kind of our little bubble.
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It's sort of the lure of the show,
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how the cast in those
first few seasons...
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you know, they never
went to their trailers.
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They never weren't on set.
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It's just they came
to set in the mornings,
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and that's where they were.
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This is a segment called Hugs for Free.
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No, no, no.
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It felt very... almost
student-film-ish in a way,
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but we had a better budget than that.
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I mean, not great, but better.
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- Episode two in the can.
- Yay!
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A lot of people initially were like,
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"Oh, yeah, I don't really...
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it's a zombie show. It's
not really my thing."
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And then word of mouth came out,
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and people would say,
"It's not a zombie show.
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There are zombies in it,
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but that's not what it's about.
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This is a story about survival.
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This is a story about
people banding together
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to fight against a greater common enemy.
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And that's how we fell
in love with Daryl,
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you fell in love with Carol,
you fell in love with Maggie,
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you fell in love with Rick.
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And that's when the show began
to gain a lot of momentum.
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It was pretty fascinating
what we were able to do.
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The fact that we were changing
the rules of television
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and changing the rules
of genre storytelling.
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I really do feel that
"Walking Dead's" footprint
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has been emulated in so
many shows since then,
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because up to that point,
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we'd never seen anything like it on TV.
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I remember early on thinking,
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"This is absolutely phenomenal."
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Suddenly, people know who I am.
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And you realize this
is kind of a big deal.
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There was definitely a moment
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when it felt a bit overwhelming
that it had gotten so popular,
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and I remember Steven
and I talking about it
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and kind of trying to find
a way to process that...
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That you were that
interesting to people.
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You know, the thing about the fandom
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and the popularity of the show,
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we didn't really feel it
till, like, season three
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or four because we were out here.
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We were so deep in it that we didn't
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really see the outside world.
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It's pretty incredible to be a part
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of something that becomes
a worldwide phenomenon.
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I feel so fortunate to have been
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a part of putting something together
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that resonated as much as this did.
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It wasn't like we went
to those fan events
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and there was, like, 10 people,
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and then 100 people, and 1,000 people.
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We just went to them and
there was 10,000 people,
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like, right off the bat.
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And it was like that everywhere.
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There were drones
being flown around here,
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people trying to spy.
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There were people hiding in the woods.
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I've never had an experience
where I've gone somewhere
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or somebody's noticed or said anything
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when it hasn't been an
emotional connection with a fan.
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And... and I just thought, "Yeah,
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because that's how we
feel when we make it."
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The thing that's interesting right now
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in terms of making people realize is,
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is that, you know,
we're officially in prep
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for the last episode.
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It's not just an episode.
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Walkers, everybody... stunt walkers,
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everybody's gotta be full
performance every time.
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No sleeping walkers.
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Every time, it's gotta
be spot on, right?
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So am I looking into...
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You look at me.
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Look at you? Great.
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Well, they're also prescription.
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Are they?
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I can... I'll take
them off at some point.
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How about that?
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So how much of me can you see?
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Waist up?
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My white socks.
260
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So you can see my socks?
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- White socks.
- Hold on. Let's cut.
262
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Yeah.
263
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You should sit over
there, because that way,
264
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if I say something bad, I can see Brandy
265
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over your shoulder going...
266
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Yeah, I feel like I should be...
267
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I should be here, though.
268
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I should be like, "I
can't believe it's over."
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My name is Ross Marquand,
and I play Aaron.
270
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Hi, I'm Seth Gilliam,
and I play Father Gabriel.
271
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I'm Josh McDermitt. I play Eugene.
272
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Hi. I'm Khary Payton.
I play King Ezekiel.
273
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My name is Cailey Fleming,
and I play Judith Grimes.
274
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Hi. I'm Lauren Ridloff.
275
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I play Connie on "The Walking Dead."
276
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The experience getting cast on the show,
277
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- for me, was life-changing.
- It was pretty surreal.
278
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Fans came up to me and
said, "You should be Negan."
279
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It was maybe the most exhilarating work
280
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I think I'd ever done up to that point.
281
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I was a bit intimidated coming here
282
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with an ensemble cast
who had been doing this
283
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and had made such a name for themselves.
284
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Very intimidating coming
into a show that you love.
285
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You don't want to be
the one who screws it up.
286
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It was kind of like,
"Here's the script, dude.
287
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Don't screw this up", you know?
288
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But we'd all tell you the same thing.
289
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We were welcomed right away.
290
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You know, Andy gave
me some shit initially.
291
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But it was very good-natured.
292
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My first day on set,
I was just blown away
293
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about how kind they were.
294
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They were so welcoming
and accepting of me.
295
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- Hi.
- I'm Andy. What's your name?
296
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- Addie.
- Addie.
297
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Andy Lincoln came on a
day off just to greet us.
298
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Who's done that for
me before in my career?
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Nobody.
300
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Before I even got on a
plane to fly out to Georgia,
301
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Steven Yeun was emailing me
saying, "Hey, here's my number.
302
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Let's hang out, let's..."
303
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you know, "Welcome to the show.
304
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I'm excited to be working with you."
305
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That really set the tone.
306
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When you're coming into
such a crazy environment,
307
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it's such a nice thing to do.
308
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I want to do that for
people in my career.
309
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This was a really tricky year.
310
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It's been a really tricky two
years for the entire world.
311
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And our writers were
already well at work
312
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in the room in January,
February, March of 2020.
313
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Our usual schedule, we start
the writers room in January.
314
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And then, you know, we work
for a certain number of weeks,
315
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and then we pitch AMC the...
our plans for the season,
316
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and then we start writing,
and then we start shooting
317
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somewhere around the end
of April, beginning of May.
318
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We had actually just had a pitch,
319
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what we thought was gonna be a
traditional season 11 of 16 episodes.
320
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And then the pandemic hit.
321
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At that time, we were
already in pre-prep.
322
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Like, sets were being built,
323
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department heads were
getting ready to travel,
324
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like, all of that kind of stuff.
325
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It became apparent that this wasn't,
326
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like, gonna be a four-week thing,
327
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where we pause and then
we got back up and running.
328
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We were just starting to understand
329
00:14:57,164 --> 00:15:00,867
it was going to be very hard to produce
330
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the episodes that we
initially had planned
331
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for the start of season 11.
332
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But we were one of the early shows
333
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that started producing again.
334
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Really, not very many people were able
335
00:15:11,678 --> 00:15:14,481
to get up and running
very quickly in 2020
336
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because there were all
these health protocols
337
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that had to be figured out.
338
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It was this huge learning curve.
339
00:15:22,289 --> 00:15:24,557
- I got you.
- Thank you so much.
340
00:15:31,798 --> 00:15:35,402
I honestly thought this show
was gonna keep going for a while.
341
00:15:35,502 --> 00:15:37,537
One, I think more than anything,
342
00:15:37,637 --> 00:15:39,572
it was a shock.
343
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I kind of had a wave of panic.
344
00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:43,610
I was like, "Wait, wait, wait,
345
00:15:43,710 --> 00:15:45,078
I'm never going back there again?
346
00:15:45,178 --> 00:15:46,279
What are you talking about?"
347
00:15:46,379 --> 00:15:47,580
I don't know. It's just... it's surreal.
348
00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:49,282
I haven't really
accepted that it's over,
349
00:15:49,382 --> 00:15:51,384
I don't think, to be honest.
350
00:15:51,484 --> 00:15:53,020
And then we got this phone call saying,
351
00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:58,625
"Hey, so we're gonna do 24 episodes."
352
00:15:58,725 --> 00:16:00,927
And of course, first
thing I thought about is,
353
00:16:01,028 --> 00:16:04,631
"Holy shit, like, shooting
16 episodes almost kills us.
354
00:16:04,731 --> 00:16:06,466
How are we gonna shoot 24 episodes?"
355
00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:10,570
I mean, this is not a courtroom drama.
356
00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:12,272
This show is hardcore.
357
00:16:12,372 --> 00:16:14,274
It's like every episode, we approach it
358
00:16:14,374 --> 00:16:16,643
like it's its own little indie movie.
359
00:16:16,743 --> 00:16:18,811
I think for everybody, just the idea
360
00:16:18,911 --> 00:16:22,382
of how do we produce this
in the time that we have
361
00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:25,318
with the restrictions that we have?
362
00:16:25,418 --> 00:16:27,320
How do you bring a story like this
363
00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:33,420
to a conclusion that is worth
the legacy of what this show is?
364
00:16:33,593 --> 00:16:37,397
This is a very widespread story
365
00:16:37,497 --> 00:16:41,234
with literally dozens
of well-known characters
366
00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:43,836
that we all have to...
you have to pay off.
367
00:16:43,936 --> 00:16:47,174
And that is... that's a very difficult,
368
00:16:47,274 --> 00:16:48,641
very difficult thing to do.
369
00:16:48,741 --> 00:16:50,410
People are getting used to it.
370
00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:51,644
What I'll say is that, like,
371
00:16:51,744 --> 00:16:53,246
I know that every person in this room
372
00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:55,014
was like, "Oh, shit, we
have to end the series.
373
00:16:55,115 --> 00:16:57,250
- Like, let us not fuck this up."
- Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
374
00:16:57,350 --> 00:17:00,253
Angela Kang and the
writers really had to,
375
00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:02,489
you know, drop whole things
that they had been working on
376
00:17:02,589 --> 00:17:05,325
to shift gears to do more episodes
377
00:17:05,425 --> 00:17:07,493
to get us into the 24
episodes of season 11.
378
00:17:07,594 --> 00:17:10,163
Oh, and by the way, you also
have to wrap up the whole show.
379
00:17:17,059 --> 00:17:18,428
This is the end of the series,
380
00:17:18,528 --> 00:17:19,795
so we have to, like...
381
00:17:19,896 --> 00:17:23,366
you've gotta raise those stakes in a way
382
00:17:23,466 --> 00:17:25,534
that, like, elevates it to the point
383
00:17:25,635 --> 00:17:28,070
where these are the rides
we're gonna take you on.
384
00:17:28,170 --> 00:17:31,808
It's like a story of,
like, the gut, the heart.
385
00:17:31,908 --> 00:17:35,278
You're dealing with, like,
almost, like, the bureaucracy
386
00:17:35,378 --> 00:17:37,480
and the institution itself
387
00:17:37,580 --> 00:17:41,117
as being the enemy of human progress
388
00:17:41,218 --> 00:17:43,920
and, like, how people
with good intentions
389
00:17:44,020 --> 00:17:46,223
can still build something evil.
390
00:17:46,323 --> 00:17:49,559
I don't think the Commonwealth
thinks they're evil,
391
00:17:49,659 --> 00:17:52,094
given what's happened all around them.
392
00:17:52,195 --> 00:17:54,497
In all societies where
there's, like, a figurehead
393
00:17:54,597 --> 00:17:56,333
and they have all the power,
394
00:17:56,433 --> 00:17:59,402
ultimately that power will corrupt.
395
00:17:59,502 --> 00:18:01,571
So how do you still ground that down
396
00:18:01,671 --> 00:18:03,640
in the visceral sort of thing
397
00:18:03,740 --> 00:18:04,907
that makes it "The Walking Dead"?
398
00:18:05,007 --> 00:18:06,409
We know that there's still a contingent
399
00:18:06,509 --> 00:18:11,180
of our people in Commonwealth
that are in imminent danger.
400
00:18:11,281 --> 00:18:13,750
Well, the alternative is,
you go out into the wasteland
401
00:18:13,750 --> 00:18:17,687
and you eat worms. The
alternative is literally hell.
402
00:18:17,787 --> 00:18:19,289
Yeah.
403
00:18:19,389 --> 00:18:22,024
It's teeing up what becomes
a do-or-die kind of situation.
404
00:18:30,099 --> 00:18:33,970
There's a big statement
being made this season.
405
00:18:34,070 --> 00:18:36,306
It's not really what we're used to.
406
00:18:36,406 --> 00:18:38,174
It's something we've fallen on.
407
00:18:38,275 --> 00:18:41,544
And then the writers
themselves are telling a story
408
00:18:41,644 --> 00:18:44,614
of equality and social justice.
409
00:18:44,714 --> 00:18:46,716
I feel like through the apocalypse,
410
00:18:46,816 --> 00:18:50,553
we rediscover what is
really important to us.
411
00:18:50,653 --> 00:18:53,456
And then we have to reenter society.
412
00:18:53,556 --> 00:18:56,493
And that is the Commonwealth.
413
00:18:56,593 --> 00:18:59,662
And we face the threat
414
00:18:59,762 --> 00:19:02,632
of losing ourselves once again.
415
00:19:02,732 --> 00:19:05,468
So the battle is really about
416
00:19:05,654 --> 00:19:09,573
trying to hold on what is really important.
417
00:19:14,744 --> 00:19:17,347
You've fallen on hard times.
418
00:19:17,447 --> 00:19:18,848
And that is where the Commonwealth
419
00:19:18,948 --> 00:19:21,751
is more than willing to help.
420
00:19:21,851 --> 00:19:24,654
If you remain, we can
provide labor and materials
421
00:19:24,754 --> 00:19:27,290
to help you build back all you've lost.
422
00:19:28,758 --> 00:19:30,860
However,
423
00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,096
if any are interested,
424
00:19:34,196 --> 00:19:36,533
I do have another,
425
00:19:36,633 --> 00:19:40,403
potentially more
interesting choice to offer.
426
00:19:44,707 --> 00:19:49,346
This whole season feels like
an escalation across the board.
427
00:19:49,446 --> 00:19:52,582
Now we're at a place where
we have multiple communities.
428
00:19:52,682 --> 00:19:54,250
And we introduced
Commonwealth this year,
429
00:19:54,351 --> 00:19:56,753
which is by far the
most advanced community
430
00:19:56,853 --> 00:19:58,888
we've ever seen in the
history of the show.
431
00:19:58,988 --> 00:20:00,757
You know, it's a
community of 50,000 people.
432
00:20:00,857 --> 00:20:03,860
It's the closest thing to what
the world used to look like
433
00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,294
that we've ever seen.
434
00:20:05,395 --> 00:20:07,997
And that was a huge undertaking
for the production crew.
435
00:20:09,666 --> 00:20:10,900
My name's Roger Scruggs.
436
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,435
I'm the construction coordinator.
437
00:20:12,535 --> 00:20:15,271
Mike Sullivan, and
I'm the scenic charge.
438
00:20:15,372 --> 00:20:17,940
I'm Gia Grosso. I'm the set decorator.
439
00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:19,208
I'm Vera Chow.
440
00:20:19,308 --> 00:20:22,979
I'm the costume designer of this
season of "The Walking Dead."
441
00:20:23,079 --> 00:20:24,213
It's been huge.
442
00:20:24,313 --> 00:20:25,448
We've had big builds
443
00:20:25,548 --> 00:20:27,316
pretty much every episode this year.
444
00:20:27,417 --> 00:20:29,085
It's been really ambitious.
445
00:20:29,185 --> 00:20:31,454
Everything that's in
there in the square,
446
00:20:31,554 --> 00:20:34,624
the Commonwealth square,
we built this year.
447
00:20:34,724 --> 00:20:36,225
They'll design the set.
448
00:20:36,325 --> 00:20:37,794
They'll come to me and say,
449
00:20:37,894 --> 00:20:39,596
"This is the kind of
look that I'd like."
450
00:20:39,696 --> 00:20:41,498
And then we just have to run with it.
451
00:20:41,598 --> 00:20:44,501
The first big set that we
did was the Commonwealth.
452
00:20:44,601 --> 00:20:47,704
We had no idea how
large it was going to be.
453
00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,009
The Commonwealth is
the biggest community
454
00:20:53,109 --> 00:20:54,477
that they've been in in the show,
455
00:20:54,577 --> 00:20:59,416
and though it has a really
dark underbelly to it,
456
00:20:59,516 --> 00:21:01,851
it's a community that...
457
00:21:01,951 --> 00:21:03,620
that is successful.
458
00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,254
This place,
459
00:21:05,354 --> 00:21:06,789
compared to any other
place they've been,
460
00:21:06,889 --> 00:21:11,428
is so shiny and nice and safe
461
00:21:11,528 --> 00:21:13,996
that the place in and of itself
462
00:21:14,096 --> 00:21:16,666
made our characters into aliens.
463
00:21:16,766 --> 00:21:19,869
You kind of walk into it and
you're like, what is this?
464
00:21:19,969 --> 00:21:21,971
Yeah, people in the
outfits walking around
465
00:21:22,071 --> 00:21:23,540
eating cotton candy and stuff,
466
00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,175
which is definitely different
than what we're used to.
467
00:21:26,275 --> 00:21:27,610
You're like, where are we?
468
00:21:27,710 --> 00:21:31,714
You're like, are we being
punked, like, you know?
469
00:21:31,814 --> 00:21:36,686
And I think it plays on my
face in all the scenes there.
470
00:21:36,786 --> 00:21:40,557
What I do in my department, my crew, is,
471
00:21:40,657 --> 00:21:44,060
we handle all the set dressing.
472
00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,864
For instance, this sofa
would be in our realm.
473
00:21:51,300 --> 00:21:54,704
We had a great time doing
the Commonwealth town
474
00:21:54,804 --> 00:21:57,874
because it's a mix of found things.
475
00:21:57,974 --> 00:22:02,211
And the little bit that
they do manufacture,
476
00:22:02,311 --> 00:22:05,515
paper goods and you
see a lot of fabrics,
477
00:22:05,615 --> 00:22:08,651
it was really fun to make the shops
478
00:22:08,751 --> 00:22:10,887
using all of those elements.
479
00:22:10,987 --> 00:22:12,889
There's a lot of weird
shit in those shops.
480
00:22:15,257 --> 00:22:17,594
We've gone from "The Walking Dead"
481
00:22:17,694 --> 00:22:19,762
back to the living people.
482
00:22:19,862 --> 00:22:22,164
It's kind of like they're in a community
483
00:22:22,264 --> 00:22:24,934
where they're not out
in the wild all the time.
484
00:22:25,034 --> 00:22:27,036
They have running water.
485
00:22:27,136 --> 00:22:28,605
They clean their hands every day.
486
00:22:30,272 --> 00:22:31,741
I was aware of the introduction
487
00:22:31,841 --> 00:22:34,410
of the Commonwealth,
like, brand-new villains.
488
00:22:34,511 --> 00:22:40,511
So it was a chance to really
change things up and elevate it.
489
00:22:40,783 --> 00:22:44,420
So we started thinking
about what kind of technology
490
00:22:44,521 --> 00:22:46,523
would actually exist
in the Commonwealth.
491
00:22:46,623 --> 00:22:48,124
And there's, like, no rules
492
00:22:48,224 --> 00:22:50,927
in terms of what decade we're in.
493
00:22:51,027 --> 00:22:52,795
It's not our actual present day.
494
00:22:52,895 --> 00:22:54,797
So how has fashion evolved?
495
00:22:54,897 --> 00:22:57,767
How has clothing and sewing evolved
496
00:22:57,867 --> 00:22:59,702
in this little town of 50,000 people?
497
00:22:59,802 --> 00:23:03,339
It's entirely up to me. So that was fun.
498
00:23:05,474 --> 00:23:07,476
It's been such a massive transition.
499
00:23:07,577 --> 00:23:10,713
And there's not been a
slow progression in that.
500
00:23:10,813 --> 00:23:13,282
We really shove our characters
501
00:23:13,382 --> 00:23:17,587
into quite drastic changes this season.
502
00:23:18,755 --> 00:23:22,291
I think our group is too
smart to be fooled by it,
503
00:23:22,391 --> 00:23:23,826
to be honest.
504
00:23:23,926 --> 00:23:26,896
And so we're kind of
reluctantly pulled into it
505
00:23:26,996 --> 00:23:28,631
because we want safety for our kids.
506
00:23:28,731 --> 00:23:30,432
We want them to have a better life.
507
00:23:30,533 --> 00:23:33,536
And then it sort of unravels around us.
508
00:23:35,104 --> 00:23:37,006
There's a direct clash, I think,
509
00:23:37,106 --> 00:23:40,309
for people on the outside
and people on the inside.
510
00:23:40,409 --> 00:23:43,012
And there's an unrest inside
the Commonwealth as well,
511
00:23:43,112 --> 00:23:45,414
and all of that is building up.
512
00:23:45,514 --> 00:23:47,784
The leader is kind of a dictator,
513
00:23:47,884 --> 00:23:49,686
and she's lying to everybody.
514
00:23:49,786 --> 00:23:53,122
And they're just now opening
their eyes to it, I guess.
515
00:23:53,222 --> 00:23:56,793
What's exciting is, Mercer
has finally come around
516
00:23:56,893 --> 00:23:59,361
and was able to rescue Eugene.
517
00:23:59,461 --> 00:24:02,531
And now we're gonna
see what comes of that.
518
00:24:02,632 --> 00:24:06,268
After having had Hershel
kidnapped by Pamela,
519
00:24:18,748 --> 00:24:21,117
The scale of what we're
trying to accomplish
520
00:24:21,217 --> 00:24:25,187
for this finale and
building up to the finale
521
00:24:25,287 --> 00:24:26,956
is remarkable.
522
00:24:27,056 --> 00:24:30,727
And I think the scale of everything
523
00:24:30,827 --> 00:24:34,563
is going to be a bit
bigger, a bit bolder,
524
00:24:34,664 --> 00:24:36,565
and a bit more surprising.
525
00:24:36,666 --> 00:24:38,067
All right, here we go, team.
526
00:24:38,167 --> 00:24:39,401
Ready?
527
00:24:39,501 --> 00:24:40,502
All right, let's see what happens.
528
00:24:40,603 --> 00:24:42,238
We owe it to our fans
529
00:24:42,338 --> 00:24:44,373
and the legacy of this show
530
00:24:44,473 --> 00:24:47,409
to have a... lack of
a better way to say it,
531
00:24:47,509 --> 00:24:49,411
a thrilling conclusion
to "The Walking Dead."
532
00:24:49,511 --> 00:24:50,713
And we're gonna do that.
533
00:24:50,813 --> 00:24:52,348
Mark.
534
00:24:56,018 --> 00:24:58,187
I've never been on a show
535
00:24:58,287 --> 00:25:01,390
that has this many enormous sets.
536
00:25:01,490 --> 00:25:03,159
And just trying to get sets done
537
00:25:03,259 --> 00:25:07,096
with the time frame
of a episodic TV show,
538
00:25:07,196 --> 00:25:08,898
the challenge is what I really like.
539
00:25:12,635 --> 00:25:15,905
When I read a script,
I do get really excited
540
00:25:16,005 --> 00:25:19,208
when there is maybe a new scenario
541
00:25:19,308 --> 00:25:21,077
we haven't done before.
542
00:25:21,177 --> 00:25:23,880
I'd say one of the first
ones that interested me
543
00:25:23,980 --> 00:25:26,048
was our subway tunnels.
544
00:25:27,349 --> 00:25:30,286
To create an apocalyptic subway tunnel
545
00:25:30,386 --> 00:25:34,090
was really a challenge
that we all really welcomed.
546
00:25:34,190 --> 00:25:37,827
We just knew it was
going to be so fantastic.
547
00:25:39,028 --> 00:25:40,697
One of the big highlights this season,
548
00:25:40,797 --> 00:25:42,932
they built a 50,000-gallon water tank,
549
00:25:43,032 --> 00:25:47,436
and we filmed in it, and it was the
flooded basement of Aaron's house.
550
00:25:47,536 --> 00:25:49,605
We have... Judith and
Gracie are trapped down there
551
00:25:49,706 --> 00:25:51,741
being attacked by walkers
who are in the water.
552
00:25:51,841 --> 00:25:55,912
Aaron's jumping in and smashing
their heads in with his mace hand.
553
00:25:56,012 --> 00:25:58,547
And it's just... it is wild
to shoot in those conditions.
554
00:25:58,647 --> 00:26:00,750
I'd never been able to
do anything like that.
555
00:26:00,850 --> 00:26:02,484
Thank you.
556
00:26:02,584 --> 00:26:05,988
We've had quite a few
sequences like that this year,
557
00:26:06,088 --> 00:26:09,826
and they've kind of, you know,
taken up the scale of things
558
00:26:09,926 --> 00:26:11,694
just a bit, those writers have.
559
00:26:14,230 --> 00:26:15,998
Episode nine, we had the hwacha,
560
00:26:16,098 --> 00:26:18,100
which just fires rocket arrows out
561
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,837
as, like, a ballistic missile.
562
00:26:20,937 --> 00:26:22,571
And they're firing into a herd,
563
00:26:22,671 --> 00:26:24,240
and they're exploding and blowing up,
564
00:26:24,340 --> 00:26:28,410
and the rockets hit the walker,
565
00:26:28,510 --> 00:26:29,645
shooting out sparks,
566
00:26:29,746 --> 00:26:32,314
and then they explode
into a million pieces.
567
00:26:32,414 --> 00:26:34,116
And there were so many elements
568
00:26:34,216 --> 00:26:35,417
we had to come up with.
569
00:26:35,517 --> 00:26:37,319
I built a couple prototypes.
570
00:26:37,419 --> 00:26:40,289
Effects built the working model,
571
00:26:40,389 --> 00:26:42,558
because mine would have caught on fire.
572
00:26:46,195 --> 00:26:47,730
Excuse me.
573
00:26:49,932 --> 00:26:52,334
I have to take this. Sorry.
574
00:26:52,434 --> 00:26:54,503
Hello?
575
00:26:54,603 --> 00:26:57,606
Everybody is at the top of their game
576
00:26:57,706 --> 00:27:01,110
and experts in their field
in each and every department.
577
00:27:01,210 --> 00:27:02,544
I'm talking greens.
578
00:27:02,644 --> 00:27:05,714
I'm talking art department, crafty.
579
00:27:05,815 --> 00:27:09,351
And sometimes when I don't
necessarily have to be on set,
580
00:27:09,451 --> 00:27:11,888
I'll come on set just to watch them
581
00:27:11,988 --> 00:27:14,356
because it's so impressive.
582
00:27:14,456 --> 00:27:16,725
Just tell me your name and
what you do on the show.
583
00:27:16,826 --> 00:27:18,727
Taylor Knight. I'm the
hair department head.
584
00:27:18,828 --> 00:27:21,297
Brad Carey, and I'm
the key greens person.
585
00:27:21,397 --> 00:27:22,999
Geoffrey January.
586
00:27:23,099 --> 00:27:24,533
First assistant director.
587
00:27:24,633 --> 00:27:26,903
I'm Jody Winslette.
I'm the transpo captain.
588
00:27:27,003 --> 00:27:29,238
Bryan Carey. I'm the greens foreman.
589
00:27:29,338 --> 00:27:33,876
Vincent Gideon. I am the key hair
department for "The Walking Dead."
590
00:27:41,951 --> 00:27:44,253
It's been a challenging
season, without a doubt.
591
00:27:44,353 --> 00:27:47,890
But the only way that it has survived
592
00:27:47,990 --> 00:27:50,259
is because the passion
of the crew and the cast.
593
00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:51,760
- A couple more times.
- Is that good?
594
00:27:51,861 --> 00:27:54,530
I need to see four more tests
before I'm comfortable with it.
595
00:27:56,833 --> 00:27:58,734
Shooting "The Walking
Dead" is like playing chess.
596
00:27:58,835 --> 00:28:01,270
It's a very complicated show to make.
597
00:28:01,370 --> 00:28:05,541
We have visual effects and
special effects and stunts.
598
00:28:08,477 --> 00:28:11,447
The glamour of "The Walking Dead"?
599
00:28:11,547 --> 00:28:13,916
There is no glamour
of "The Walking Dead"
600
00:28:14,016 --> 00:28:15,885
while you're shooting "The
Walking Dead", you know?
601
00:28:15,985 --> 00:28:18,855
It's like go, go, go!
602
00:28:18,955 --> 00:28:21,257
Oh, it's hot? Well, yeah, it's hot.
603
00:28:21,357 --> 00:28:22,859
Oh, there are mosquitoes?
There are ticks?
604
00:28:22,959 --> 00:28:24,426
Yeah, there are mosquitoes and ticks.
605
00:28:24,526 --> 00:28:25,862
Bug spray on the tracks.
606
00:28:25,962 --> 00:28:28,764
And honestly, when
I'm away, I feel guilty
607
00:28:28,865 --> 00:28:31,934
because I know that my crew
is out here busting their ass.
608
00:28:32,034 --> 00:28:33,469
And I want to be out here,
609
00:28:33,569 --> 00:28:35,404
you know, feeling it with them.
610
00:28:35,504 --> 00:28:37,539
The truth is, we make
magic in eight days.
611
00:28:37,639 --> 00:28:39,075
And if you do it with people you love,
612
00:28:39,175 --> 00:28:40,442
it's actually worth it.
613
00:28:46,315 --> 00:28:48,617
This show makes you uncomfortable.
614
00:28:48,717 --> 00:28:51,453
But I think it helps for what
you guys see on the screen.
615
00:28:51,553 --> 00:28:53,255
You feel that uncomfortableness,
616
00:28:53,355 --> 00:28:56,792
and that plays because we're
in the middle of an apocalypse.
617
00:28:56,893 --> 00:29:00,997
Those of us that have been here
longer than a year are insane.
618
00:29:02,098 --> 00:29:04,800
I've been in awe of the people
619
00:29:04,901 --> 00:29:08,104
that I've collaborated
with over the last 12 years
620
00:29:08,204 --> 00:29:10,639
of making something that's been amazing.
621
00:29:10,739 --> 00:29:14,576
And we continue that dedication
622
00:29:14,676 --> 00:29:17,813
and that passion all the
way through to the last ring.
623
00:29:17,914 --> 00:29:20,782
We are gonna work our
asses off until then,
624
00:29:20,883 --> 00:29:24,486
and then we're gonna
have a lot of tequila.
625
00:29:32,962 --> 00:29:35,464
Anything that happens from
the moment we shoot it,
626
00:29:35,564 --> 00:29:40,102
we'll take in 40, 50, 60 hours
worth of material sometimes.
627
00:29:40,202 --> 00:29:42,004
Once we take that footage in,
628
00:29:42,104 --> 00:29:45,374
our assistant editors digitize
that footage for the editors,
629
00:29:45,474 --> 00:29:47,977
put it into the machines,
kind of put it into order,
630
00:29:48,077 --> 00:29:49,912
and get it ready to be worked on.
631
00:29:53,049 --> 00:29:55,717
I'm Megan. I'm the VFX coordinator.
632
00:29:55,817 --> 00:29:58,387
I'm Mike, the VFX editor.
633
00:29:58,487 --> 00:30:00,722
I'm Alan Cody, and I'm the editor.
634
00:30:00,822 --> 00:30:03,725
I am Ryan DeGard. I
am the post producer.
635
00:30:04,793 --> 00:30:07,196
There's some fun stuff in post.
636
00:30:07,296 --> 00:30:09,565
And I think a lot of
times, people think,
637
00:30:09,665 --> 00:30:11,367
like, "Oh, like, it's done shooting."
638
00:30:11,467 --> 00:30:12,868
Like, you must all be on a break."
639
00:30:12,969 --> 00:30:15,071
And I'm like, "No,
production is on a break."
640
00:30:17,139 --> 00:30:18,707
There's an entire
post-production process
641
00:30:18,807 --> 00:30:21,510
that's happening that goes on for months
642
00:30:21,610 --> 00:30:23,212
and months and months.
643
00:30:23,312 --> 00:30:26,015
I think that's one of the misconceptions
644
00:30:26,115 --> 00:30:28,985
of, you know... just in general
with television and movies.
645
00:30:29,085 --> 00:30:30,352
It's like, as soon as you've shot it,
646
00:30:30,452 --> 00:30:32,754
why isn't it ready for us to watch it?
647
00:30:32,854 --> 00:30:35,657
So it's like, you have to
go through these processes,
648
00:30:35,757 --> 00:30:37,093
and they take a lot of time.
649
00:30:37,193 --> 00:30:39,595
And the post process
consists of editing,
650
00:30:39,695 --> 00:30:43,065
sound, visual effects, mixing.
651
00:30:43,165 --> 00:30:44,866
And we kind of put that
whole thing together
652
00:30:44,967 --> 00:30:48,104
in the post process and,
you know, condense that down
653
00:30:48,204 --> 00:30:50,506
into something that we
put out to the public.
654
00:30:50,606 --> 00:30:53,009
I'm Jamie. I'm the VFX producer.
655
00:30:53,109 --> 00:30:56,345
Our show has a lot of
killing, especially of zombies.
656
00:30:56,445 --> 00:31:00,549
And each actor has kind of
their own, like, hero weapon.
657
00:31:00,649 --> 00:31:02,884
And if we see that green
end when we're watching,
658
00:31:02,985 --> 00:31:04,186
we know, "Okay, we're gonna need
659
00:31:04,286 --> 00:31:05,921
to extend the length of it."
660
00:31:06,022 --> 00:31:07,423
And then we'll kind of take
661
00:31:07,523 --> 00:31:10,059
that second half that we're building
662
00:31:10,159 --> 00:31:12,528
and be able to swing it
through the actor's head
663
00:31:12,628 --> 00:31:15,897
and add the blood and
all of the fun stuff.
664
00:31:15,998 --> 00:31:17,466
So all of those things happen.
665
00:31:17,566 --> 00:31:19,301
There's an entire mix process.
666
00:31:19,401 --> 00:31:23,105
And our post producer does
an incredible amount of work
667
00:31:23,205 --> 00:31:26,142
with the people that
do ADR and loop group
668
00:31:26,242 --> 00:31:28,277
and add all the background noises.
669
00:31:28,377 --> 00:31:29,645
Let's do these three right here,
670
00:31:29,745 --> 00:31:31,213
and then we'll move them in there.
671
00:31:31,313 --> 00:31:32,414
Get down!
672
00:31:36,818 --> 00:31:38,654
As far as sound goes, this show is,
673
00:31:38,754 --> 00:31:41,157
you know, built on sound, really.
674
00:31:41,257 --> 00:31:44,593
I mean, there's just a lot
of layers to what we do.
675
00:31:44,693 --> 00:31:46,662
It is a zombie show.
676
00:31:46,762 --> 00:31:49,498
We take a lot of pride in the artistry
677
00:31:49,598 --> 00:31:50,999
that goes into the zombies.
678
00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:52,934
We work really hard to
think about the zombies.
679
00:31:53,035 --> 00:31:56,172
Here we go.
680
00:32:01,877 --> 00:32:03,945
There's just some incredible work
681
00:32:04,046 --> 00:32:07,416
that they all do that's on screen.
682
00:32:07,516 --> 00:32:09,185
The last music spot
on "The Walking Dead."
683
00:32:09,285 --> 00:32:11,520
I know!
684
00:32:11,620 --> 00:32:15,457
God, shed a tear, and here we go.
685
00:32:15,557 --> 00:32:18,127
I love working with our composers.
686
00:32:18,227 --> 00:32:20,529
Bear and Sam are just...
687
00:32:20,629 --> 00:32:21,830
they are the best.
688
00:32:21,930 --> 00:32:24,333
They are so story-driven.
689
00:32:24,433 --> 00:32:26,868
They really, like,
are thinking it through
690
00:32:26,968 --> 00:32:30,038
in terms of, like, what is
the story we're trying to tell?
691
00:32:30,139 --> 00:32:32,541
Coming out of the previous episode,
692
00:32:32,641 --> 00:32:34,610
it will have been emotional, I think.
693
00:32:34,710 --> 00:32:37,513
To some degree, we can
just, like, carry that over.
694
00:32:37,613 --> 00:32:39,215
I agree, but it's like...
695
00:32:39,315 --> 00:32:40,816
I think what you're
suggesting is what I wanted,
696
00:32:40,916 --> 00:32:43,285
which is to start that more noticeably
697
00:32:43,385 --> 00:32:45,287
the instant [... ] passes out...
698
00:32:45,387 --> 00:32:46,488
- Yeah.
- Right.
699
00:32:46,588 --> 00:32:48,724
So that that's all part of the piece.
700
00:32:48,824 --> 00:32:50,359
We talk about every scene
701
00:32:50,459 --> 00:32:52,128
and we talk about the episode as a whole
702
00:32:52,228 --> 00:32:54,029
and we talk about, like, what are themes
703
00:32:54,130 --> 00:32:55,864
that we're trying to get across?
704
00:32:55,964 --> 00:32:58,134
Like, what are the
emotions of this scene?
705
00:32:58,234 --> 00:33:00,136
And once we have that conversation,
706
00:33:00,236 --> 00:33:02,538
they go off and they play with it.
707
00:33:02,638 --> 00:33:03,872
They imagine.
708
00:33:03,972 --> 00:33:06,342
They come up with themes.
709
00:33:06,442 --> 00:33:08,144
It really just adds to the experience.
710
00:33:08,244 --> 00:33:10,412
Are we still planning on recording
711
00:33:10,512 --> 00:33:14,150
the main title theme with
the live orchestra as well?
712
00:33:14,250 --> 00:33:15,651
I would love to do that.
713
00:33:15,751 --> 00:33:16,985
I mean, let me put it this way.
714
00:33:17,085 --> 00:33:18,920
- That'd be rad.
- It doesn't need it.
715
00:33:19,020 --> 00:33:20,489
It doesn't want it.
716
00:33:20,589 --> 00:33:22,824
But we'll do it because
it will look awesome.
717
00:33:24,493 --> 00:33:28,664
This idea of having Bear
and Sam use a live orchestra
718
00:33:28,764 --> 00:33:30,866
had been kind of percolating
for a while for me.
719
00:33:30,966 --> 00:33:34,102
And I'd been kind of thinking
about it in the background.
720
00:33:34,203 --> 00:33:35,704
It's a big moment for the show.
721
00:33:35,804 --> 00:33:39,007
And when you have a live orchestra,
it's big, right? It's epic.
722
00:33:39,107 --> 00:33:42,077
So, like, the idea that Bear
and Sam are gonna deliver
723
00:33:42,178 --> 00:33:44,846
this music in a way that
we've never experienced
724
00:33:44,946 --> 00:33:47,115
really on this show, it's exciting.
725
00:33:47,216 --> 00:33:48,784
Some of the stuff they're composing
726
00:33:48,884 --> 00:33:50,752
that hasn't aired yet,
it's just... it's epic.
727
00:33:50,852 --> 00:33:52,388
It's amazing.
728
00:33:52,488 --> 00:33:54,122
Like, I think people
will really, really enjoy
729
00:33:54,223 --> 00:33:56,392
the soundscape of these episodes.
730
00:33:57,559 --> 00:34:00,128
Welcome.
731
00:34:00,229 --> 00:34:03,098
This particular episode, we
wanted to send out the show
732
00:34:03,199 --> 00:34:04,766
on an even bigger note.
733
00:34:04,866 --> 00:34:06,635
So everybody on the show is excited
734
00:34:06,735 --> 00:34:08,470
to bring in the winds and the brass
735
00:34:08,570 --> 00:34:11,240
and just do something
even bigger than normal.
736
00:34:11,340 --> 00:34:13,409
So just really want to
say thank you to them
737
00:34:13,508 --> 00:34:16,144
for letting us do this tonight.
738
00:34:16,245 --> 00:34:18,947
And thank you all for being here.
739
00:34:19,046 --> 00:34:21,483
Okay, bows up. Bar two.
740
00:34:30,592 --> 00:34:32,361
It's truly, truly a process
741
00:34:32,461 --> 00:34:37,266
that hundreds of people from
start to finish are working on.
742
00:34:38,834 --> 00:34:43,104
It's so fun to get to
be part of all of that.
743
00:34:43,204 --> 00:34:46,074
But just the amount of
work that people put in
744
00:34:46,173 --> 00:34:48,910
to, like, really craft every episode
745
00:34:55,684 --> 00:34:56,785
I'm trying to get your kit pretty much
746
00:34:57,619 --> 00:34:58,987
in the same direction of the lens.
747
00:34:59,087 --> 00:35:00,289
So you're like...
748
00:35:00,389 --> 00:35:03,425
All right, here we go. Let's try one.
749
00:35:03,525 --> 00:35:06,495
Here we go. Let's roll, please.
750
00:35:06,595 --> 00:35:08,330
The nature of the show
751
00:35:08,430 --> 00:35:09,965
and being an actor on this show,
752
00:35:10,065 --> 00:35:12,668
you always sort of feel like
the axe is about to drop on you
753
00:35:12,768 --> 00:35:14,135
at any second.
754
00:35:14,236 --> 00:35:15,704
Shoot yourself back just a tiny bit.
755
00:35:15,804 --> 00:35:16,972
- By, like...
- Like that?
756
00:35:17,072 --> 00:35:18,674
Yeah, perfect. Thank you.
757
00:35:18,774 --> 00:35:21,543
I always answer the phone
to Angela the same way,
758
00:35:21,643 --> 00:35:23,445
which is, "Is it... am I dead?
759
00:35:23,545 --> 00:35:26,114
Is it now?" I don't even say hello.
760
00:35:26,214 --> 00:35:29,518
All right, that's a series
wrap on Michael, guys.
761
00:35:32,621 --> 00:35:34,723
You know, on our show, we have wrap-outs
762
00:35:34,823 --> 00:35:38,126
as people have their final series wraps.
763
00:35:38,226 --> 00:35:40,696
And the final episode of somebody
764
00:35:40,796 --> 00:35:42,230
who's been on the show
for a while is always
765
00:35:42,331 --> 00:35:43,832
really emotional, you know.
766
00:35:43,932 --> 00:35:45,200
And usually, in any given year,
767
00:35:45,301 --> 00:35:47,369
you might have, like,
a handful of those.
768
00:35:47,469 --> 00:35:49,037
Maggie nods her head.
769
00:35:49,137 --> 00:35:51,039
And Duncan closes his eyes.
770
00:35:51,139 --> 00:35:55,210
And she gently slides her blade
up into the back of his skull.
771
00:35:55,311 --> 00:35:57,746
End of act three.
772
00:35:57,846 --> 00:36:00,316
We have our traditions.
773
00:36:00,416 --> 00:36:04,420
We always try to celebrate
when one of us, you know,
774
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,088
goes off into the world again.
775
00:36:07,188 --> 00:36:09,257
We love you.
776
00:36:09,358 --> 00:36:10,859
We all had a sense that, you know,
777
00:36:10,959 --> 00:36:12,561
time was very precious.
778
00:36:12,661 --> 00:36:14,496
- I'm Michael Cudlitz.
- I'm Michael Cudlitz.
779
00:36:14,596 --> 00:36:17,566
All: I'm Michael Cudlitz.
780
00:36:17,666 --> 00:36:19,735
And we should invest
as much in each other
781
00:36:19,835 --> 00:36:22,538
because you never knew when
you were gonna lose somebody.
782
00:36:22,638 --> 00:36:24,573
This is great.
783
00:36:24,673 --> 00:36:27,242
As time goes on, you
get used to people dying.
784
00:36:27,343 --> 00:36:30,178
But we just find ways to make it
785
00:36:30,278 --> 00:36:32,814
ridiculously celebratory and fun.
786
00:36:34,182 --> 00:36:36,184
- Thank you.
- European.
787
00:36:36,284 --> 00:36:38,253
Yeah, he's European.
788
00:36:38,354 --> 00:36:39,555
It's special.
789
00:36:39,655 --> 00:36:42,090
Take as many of these traditions
with us as we can, I think.
790
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,028
It's a beautiful way,
actually, to say goodbye
791
00:36:47,128 --> 00:36:50,131
to somebody who's been a part
of the show for a long time.
792
00:36:54,903 --> 00:36:56,538
You know, everybody comes here to die.
793
00:36:56,638 --> 00:36:58,306
When I meet somebody,
that's what I say to them.
794
00:36:58,407 --> 00:36:59,808
Everybody comes here to die.
795
00:36:59,908 --> 00:37:01,543
And some people would
be, like, horrified.
796
00:37:01,643 --> 00:37:03,445
But that's what our show is about.
797
00:37:10,419 --> 00:37:12,621
The big departures, it's always like,
798
00:37:12,721 --> 00:37:15,624
everybody's, like, a
little, like, choked up,
799
00:37:15,724 --> 00:37:17,359
and it's touching.
800
00:37:19,260 --> 00:37:23,799
But this time, we had
to wrap the entire cast,
801
00:37:23,899 --> 00:37:27,703
because for everybody,
this was their last episode.
802
00:37:28,837 --> 00:37:31,006
How are the cast and you
preparing for the end?
803
00:37:33,241 --> 00:37:35,110
Um...
804
00:37:35,210 --> 00:37:37,646
taking a lot of photos, I think.
805
00:37:37,746 --> 00:37:43,118
It's going to be a mammoth
sea of emotion when it happens.
806
00:37:43,218 --> 00:37:44,920
It's just crazy. Yeah.
807
00:37:45,020 --> 00:37:46,988
But we've done something great here,
808
00:37:47,088 --> 00:37:50,125
and we've got something
to be so proud of.
809
00:37:50,225 --> 00:37:53,261
And...
810
00:37:53,361 --> 00:37:55,764
dang, this has been...
811
00:37:55,864 --> 00:37:57,499
it's one in a million.
812
00:38:06,475 --> 00:38:11,547
I went to the IMDb and just scrolled
813
00:38:11,647 --> 00:38:12,881
on and on and on and on,
814
00:38:12,981 --> 00:38:16,952
and there is almost 100 pages here
815
00:38:17,052 --> 00:38:20,656
of cast and crew over these seasons
816
00:38:20,756 --> 00:38:23,024
that have come through these doors
817
00:38:23,124 --> 00:38:25,861
to help make this show come to life.
818
00:38:25,961 --> 00:38:28,864
It's amazing to me to think
819
00:38:28,964 --> 00:38:31,166
that this is what I'm a part of.
820
00:38:32,768 --> 00:38:35,471
And...
821
00:38:35,571 --> 00:38:39,841
we're a part of something
pretty darn incredible.
822
00:38:41,309 --> 00:38:42,744
And I'm grateful.
823
00:38:49,918 --> 00:38:54,322
I know the product that we
put on screen is one thing,
824
00:38:54,422 --> 00:38:57,392
and that's what connects
so much of the world
825
00:38:57,493 --> 00:39:00,261
to "The Walking Dead", but for us,
826
00:39:00,361 --> 00:39:03,264
it's these relationships that we share.
827
00:39:03,364 --> 00:39:04,833
Pan over there. Over there.
828
00:39:07,936 --> 00:39:13,542
It's been a huge, massive
part of our everyday life.
829
00:39:13,642 --> 00:39:16,678
And that will never happen again, ever.
830
00:39:16,778 --> 00:39:20,015
That's what I'll miss.
831
00:39:20,115 --> 00:39:22,684
I'm in denial. I'll be really honest.
832
00:39:22,784 --> 00:39:24,553
You know, I'll look at
Norman, and he'll be like,
833
00:39:24,653 --> 00:39:26,454
"It's gonna get sad."
834
00:39:28,223 --> 00:39:31,059
It's very, um...
835
00:39:31,159 --> 00:39:34,062
surreal to think that
it's all ending now.
836
00:39:34,162 --> 00:39:36,765
I've definitely had moments
where I'm like, "Oh, wow,
837
00:39:36,865 --> 00:39:40,869
this is the last time this
and that is gonna happen."
838
00:39:40,969 --> 00:39:42,638
I'm nervous about saying goodbye.
839
00:39:42,738 --> 00:39:43,972
I'm not gonna lie.
840
00:39:47,375 --> 00:39:50,245
I think I'm just gonna
make an Irish exit.
841
00:39:50,345 --> 00:39:52,814
I haven't said goodbye
yet, and I don't plan to.
842
00:39:52,914 --> 00:39:55,283
I'll just dip out.
843
00:39:55,383 --> 00:39:56,885
It'll be too hard.
844
00:39:56,985 --> 00:39:58,720
So I'm just gonna kind of walk away,
845
00:39:58,820 --> 00:40:00,756
and then I know I'll
see everybody again,
846
00:40:00,856 --> 00:40:03,559
and we'll just leave it at that.
847
00:40:03,659 --> 00:40:05,827
Personally, I'm trying
to get as many moments
848
00:40:05,927 --> 00:40:08,964
individually with people as I can.
849
00:40:09,064 --> 00:40:12,467
I'm trying to not be
fearful about sharing
850
00:40:12,568 --> 00:40:15,003
just how much I love them.
851
00:40:15,103 --> 00:40:18,974
I hope it's not goodbye.
852
00:40:19,074 --> 00:40:21,610
These are my best friends.
853
00:40:23,579 --> 00:40:26,948
That's a series wrap on Mr. JDM.
854
00:40:28,449 --> 00:40:29,918
That is a wrap on Khary.
855
00:40:31,620 --> 00:40:33,421
Series wrap on Josh.
856
00:40:35,190 --> 00:40:37,859
Series wrap on Christian.
857
00:40:37,959 --> 00:40:40,662
Mr. Norman Reedus, Daryl.
858
00:40:40,762 --> 00:40:42,430
Series wrap on Melissa.
859
00:40:44,132 --> 00:40:45,500
Love you guys a lot.
860
00:40:45,601 --> 00:40:47,703
It was truly an honor
being here with you.
861
00:40:47,803 --> 00:40:50,138
Thank you. It's really been
862
00:40:50,238 --> 00:40:52,307
one of the best experiences of my life.
863
00:40:52,407 --> 00:40:53,709
The one thing we have is that
864
00:40:53,809 --> 00:40:55,276
we were all in the trenches together.
865
00:40:55,376 --> 00:40:57,613
No one can ever take that away from us.
866
00:40:57,713 --> 00:40:59,715
And I won't forget
you. I appreciate you.
867
00:40:59,815 --> 00:41:03,318
We could lose our
friends, people we love.
868
00:41:03,418 --> 00:41:05,787
It's not about us anymore.
869
00:41:05,887 --> 00:41:07,322
It's about a future.
870
00:41:11,727 --> 00:41:15,496
Do I want the fans to be happy
with the show? Yeah, of course.
871
00:41:15,597 --> 00:41:16,898
The fans and the cast and the crew
872
00:41:16,998 --> 00:41:18,399
and everybody else
873
00:41:18,499 --> 00:41:20,535
has a real relationship
with the outside world
874
00:41:20,636 --> 00:41:22,638
through the show.
875
00:41:22,738 --> 00:41:26,842
You know, the number of
families that have come to me,
876
00:41:26,942 --> 00:41:28,977
thanked me for playing the character,
877
00:41:29,077 --> 00:41:31,880
how I play the character, and...
878
00:41:31,980 --> 00:41:34,215
Daryl's tough, so it's
helped me get through stuff.
879
00:41:34,315 --> 00:41:37,819
You know, things like that
have meant the world to me.
880
00:41:37,919 --> 00:41:39,855
It just means so much to us
881
00:41:39,955 --> 00:41:42,991
that people are able
to have that escape.
882
00:41:43,091 --> 00:41:44,726
There are fans who tell our actors,
883
00:41:44,826 --> 00:41:47,428
like, this show gave me
884
00:41:47,528 --> 00:41:49,831
something to talk to my dad about
885
00:41:49,931 --> 00:41:52,868
or it allowed me to
come out to my family.
886
00:41:52,968 --> 00:41:56,404
I know for me, I am eternally grateful
887
00:41:56,504 --> 00:41:58,573
to have been a part of it.
888
00:41:58,674 --> 00:42:02,811
That being said, there are
new things on the horizon.
889
00:42:05,714 --> 00:42:07,282
We loved being on the show.
890
00:42:07,382 --> 00:42:09,117
We loved making the show.
891
00:42:09,217 --> 00:42:12,087
It's been us against
the world down here.
892
00:42:12,187 --> 00:42:15,924
But outside of here, it's
just one big happy family.
68622
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