1 00:00:04,650 --> 00:00:08,450 Rick and Michonne are perfect partners in an imperfect world. 2 00:00:08,830 --> 00:00:13,710 They first met as reluctant allies, but over time, their bond grew. 3 00:00:14,050 --> 00:00:18,870 Through so many hardships, so much loss and sacrifice, they found each other. 4 00:00:19,050 --> 00:00:21,530 Until one day, when it all got taken away. 5 00:00:24,130 --> 00:00:27,290 Michonne was fearful that she may have lost Rick forever. 6 00:00:27,670 --> 00:00:31,690 And Rick never stopped thinking about his family, and never stopped trying to 7 00:00:31,690 --> 00:00:32,669 get back to them. 8 00:00:32,670 --> 00:00:37,150 But when Michonne made a fateful discovery, she knew she had to find him. 9 00:00:37,150 --> 00:00:38,630 had to make her family whole. 10 00:00:45,210 --> 00:00:47,230 So, how weird is this? 11 00:00:48,270 --> 00:00:49,510 After all this time. 12 00:00:49,910 --> 00:00:56,470 Yes, and finishing telling the story of Michonne, to be here where it all 13 00:00:56,470 --> 00:00:57,470 started. 14 00:01:00,750 --> 00:01:05,650 The only thing to really do is to start at the very beginning because it's a 15 00:01:05,650 --> 00:01:06,650 very good place to start. 16 00:01:23,030 --> 00:01:27,050 This is approximately where Rick and Michonne first met. Yeah. 17 00:01:27,450 --> 00:01:29,550 How did you feel that day? 18 00:01:30,350 --> 00:01:34,170 What do you mean? How do I feel? How did you? What, meeting you? 19 00:01:34,450 --> 00:01:35,910 Yeah, do you remember it? 20 00:01:36,890 --> 00:01:42,030 I think I do remember. Of course I remember it. I think he was going 21 00:01:42,030 --> 00:01:46,350 quite a defensive phase where he was very distrustful. 22 00:01:46,950 --> 00:01:52,690 And seeing somebody with a katana and two zombies with their... You don't 23 00:01:52,690 --> 00:01:54,630 remember. I have no idea. 24 00:01:54,830 --> 00:01:55,830 I'm leaving. 25 00:01:56,110 --> 00:01:58,410 You don't ever relate when someone don't remember. 26 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:00,400 How do I do this? 27 00:02:00,580 --> 00:02:06,080 Did I? Come on. Okay, so to help my colleague out here. Listen, don't tell 28 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:10,720 this. How I came to the gate was I didn't have the two zombies. 29 00:02:11,100 --> 00:02:13,500 I was covered in zombie gunk. 30 00:02:13,780 --> 00:02:16,600 Okay, so you didn't have the two people on the chains. 31 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:19,500 No, they were long gone. I got rid of them long before I met you. 32 00:02:19,820 --> 00:02:23,060 Oh, my God. There were a lot of walkers clinging onto this fence. 33 00:02:23,420 --> 00:02:24,420 Yeah. 34 00:02:24,620 --> 00:02:27,840 And you're standing there. And Carl's there as well. Should we over? 35 00:02:29,260 --> 00:02:31,780 Because he was the one that convinced me to go and get you. 36 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,900 And that's when Carl says we have to. 37 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:38,880 Yeah, that's right. And pushes for her. No, I do remember that, guys. Everybody 38 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:39,880 calm down. 39 00:02:42,820 --> 00:02:43,820 Carl. 40 00:02:45,780 --> 00:02:48,880 That was a memorable way for the character. It was a great way, yeah. 41 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,300 And also because they're so similar in temperament and personality. 42 00:02:53,780 --> 00:02:56,360 They're kind of their alpha. They're independent. 43 00:02:56,660 --> 00:02:57,579 They're stubborn. 44 00:02:57,580 --> 00:02:58,580 It wasn't easy. 45 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:03,520 Yeah. When they started. It was such a counter experience for Michonne from the 46 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:08,920 governor. Yeah. Because the governor, he was trying to charm her and and sort of 47 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:13,260 woo her into his. And she was like, she does have respect for Rick even before 48 00:03:13,260 --> 00:03:17,500 she meets him because of Andrea. And so she knows it's time to not be a loner 49 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:20,860 anymore. But the governor was trying to treat her all good. And she's like 50 00:03:20,860 --> 00:03:23,820 flipping swords and killing his zombie daughter. 51 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:30,680 But when she comes here, Rick is hostile, but Michonne trusts that. Yeah, 52 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,900 yeah. She trusts that considering the world they're in, considering the man 53 00:03:33,900 --> 00:03:35,920 knows he is, considering who he's protecting. 54 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,120 Yeah. And he has a lot of grace for Rick. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 55 00:03:39,380 --> 00:03:43,920 So when you joined, and we were in season three, what did you feel joining 56 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:45,740 cast? Were we a welcoming cast? 57 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,460 Yeah, everyone was amazing. I remember I became immediately very close to Lauren 58 00:03:50,460 --> 00:03:53,300 and, of course, to the awesome Steven Yeun. 59 00:03:54,350 --> 00:03:56,030 And, of course, to Laurie Holden. 60 00:03:56,310 --> 00:04:00,750 And you were okay. You were all right. You were nice enough, you know. It was 61 00:04:00,750 --> 00:04:01,750 like, okay. 62 00:04:01,790 --> 00:04:03,390 No, I'm kidding. You were very sweet. 63 00:04:03,830 --> 00:04:05,010 Apart from when I dropped you. 64 00:04:05,670 --> 00:04:07,370 Well, yeah, I mean, that was a funny day. 65 00:04:07,630 --> 00:04:13,410 You want to tell it? No, you tell it. No, you tell it. If you tell it, then, 66 00:04:13,410 --> 00:04:16,790 know, it'll lighten it up. Okay, so we had a policy. 67 00:04:17,130 --> 00:04:20,810 You'll lighten up for you. We had a policy when we were filming that we 68 00:04:20,810 --> 00:04:21,810 throw marks down. 69 00:04:22,210 --> 00:04:23,210 The crew were... 70 00:04:23,780 --> 00:04:26,700 absolutely the heart and soul of The Walking Dead. 71 00:04:26,940 --> 00:04:30,960 And we had this environment where everybody kept acting at all times. 72 00:04:31,540 --> 00:04:33,460 And we didn't call cut. 73 00:04:33,780 --> 00:04:37,900 What does this have to do with it? I'm getting there. This is basically 74 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:38,859 protecting myself. 75 00:04:38,860 --> 00:04:41,240 The scene goes where I see you drop. 76 00:04:41,580 --> 00:04:44,660 I'm like, I don't think she should come in here. She's got a katana. She's 77 00:04:44,660 --> 00:04:48,700 dangerous. We need to... And Carl's going, get out. We have to save. So 78 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:50,840 eventually I do. I concede we're going to do that. 79 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:55,000 And... It was supposed to cut when I pull you onto my back. 80 00:04:56,460 --> 00:04:59,040 And I didn't do that. 81 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:06,080 And so I picked you up, got about three steps, dropped you, and then 82 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:11,580 decided to fall on top of you as well, which wasn't the ideal welcome. 83 00:05:12,060 --> 00:05:16,220 I'm like, what is this dude doing? He's not supposed to do this. I'm just lying 84 00:05:16,220 --> 00:05:18,540 there. I'm dead. I'm like, I'm out. I can't do this. 85 00:05:19,660 --> 00:05:24,240 I remember Lenny James. We were on the porch in Alexandria one time, and we 86 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:29,160 watched you, and you had your dreads and your katana, and you were just sort of 87 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,100 walking down the main street. And he went, look at that. 88 00:05:32,340 --> 00:05:33,340 And I went, I know. 89 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,900 And he went, that's the coolest character. 90 00:05:36,540 --> 00:05:41,560 We'd never seen anything quite like it. It's so deeply, profoundly, 91 00:05:41,820 --> 00:05:43,260 apocalyptically cool. 92 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:44,480 Do you know what I mean? 93 00:05:52,910 --> 00:05:55,710 I think we were just always a bit jealous. That's probably why I dropped 94 00:05:59,150 --> 00:06:06,110 Speaking of jealous of great, cool characters, your son, Chandler 95 00:06:06,110 --> 00:06:07,110 Riggs. Yeah. 96 00:06:07,870 --> 00:06:09,230 Extraordinary young man. Yeah. 97 00:06:09,650 --> 00:06:11,670 We just struck gold with that kid. 98 00:06:12,030 --> 00:06:16,930 It's an extraordinary bond to see somebody grow up in front of your eyes 99 00:06:16,930 --> 00:06:19,550 screen and spend so much time with. 100 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:24,420 this incredibly impressive young man. It's not the truth, but I spent more 101 00:06:24,420 --> 00:06:27,780 with Chandler Riggs than my own son for a lot of that decade. 102 00:06:28,780 --> 00:06:31,760 That's not the truth, but it felt like that some days. 103 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,780 And you never know what you're going to get with young actors and what they're 104 00:06:35,780 --> 00:06:40,780 going to turn into. But I think he's a brilliant young man, you know, and a 105 00:06:40,780 --> 00:06:47,680 very, very impressive actor. And I always sign off with DTVS, deceased TV 106 00:06:48,110 --> 00:06:51,930 It's my sign -off with Chandler Riggs. You know what I mean? It's a bit weird, 107 00:06:52,010 --> 00:06:53,650 but that's the way we roll here. 108 00:06:54,010 --> 00:06:56,730 I couldn't speak more highly of him. He's so incredible. 109 00:06:56,950 --> 00:07:01,990 And really was that warm, welcoming heart that was at the heart of this 110 00:07:02,050 --> 00:07:05,230 That's exactly what he did for Michonne was kind of what I felt he was towards 111 00:07:05,230 --> 00:07:09,210 me. We just really clicked and got along. I loved my scenes with him so 112 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:14,150 I just thought Judith should know what her mom's like. 113 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,660 It was really with Carl and the idea of this young man growing up in this world 114 00:07:18,660 --> 00:07:22,820 that really warmed her heart and, of course, aligned her with you very deeply 115 00:07:22,820 --> 00:07:26,980 want to keep, preserve him. We sort of had this family, didn't we? It sort of 116 00:07:26,980 --> 00:07:28,900 established before we even fell in love. 117 00:07:30,380 --> 00:07:31,600 What are you doing? 118 00:07:32,140 --> 00:07:34,140 Winning a bet. In your dreams. 119 00:07:35,540 --> 00:07:36,560 I'm still on. 120 00:07:37,860 --> 00:07:40,340 You spoke too soon, wise guy. 121 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:43,140 This might go on a while. 122 00:07:43,460 --> 00:07:44,460 Maybe we can... 123 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:45,840 Speed this up. 124 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:47,200 Yeah, you're right. 125 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:48,920 Shouldn't be fooling around. 126 00:07:49,860 --> 00:07:51,160 We should probably go. 127 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,300 This is the one, because I know from all the scars. 128 00:08:18,180 --> 00:08:19,180 Yeah. 129 00:08:20,660 --> 00:08:21,700 So cool. 130 00:08:24,380 --> 00:08:30,640 I remember doing an interview with a magazine, and they challenged me to a 131 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,020 firing range, and it's actually really well balanced, this thing. 132 00:08:34,260 --> 00:08:39,120 And I did quite, I don't know if I'm picking myself up or anything, but I got 133 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:42,200 quite a lot, but I will right now pick myself up. 134 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:46,780 I got quite a lot of bullseyes with real things in Atlanta. 135 00:08:47,660 --> 00:08:54,520 We went to a shooting alley. A bit more coordinated than you were hitting 136 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:55,520 me on the head. 137 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,980 Why is there a rock here that says Andy's Rock? 138 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:08,620 That's because I had a limp for a while, and I like that rock in my boot. 139 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,480 And I get a little bit OCD about things. 140 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:17,720 No! And this was the one that I had to have, so... You? 141 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:22,620 Yeah, and so I would put that in my boot because we didn't want to fake it. 142 00:09:22,860 --> 00:09:25,800 I mean, it's absurd, but yeah, that's what we did. 143 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:30,940 So that's why I was hobbling around with that rock in my boot. Wow. And we got 144 00:09:30,940 --> 00:09:32,960 it from outside the prison, actually. 145 00:09:33,500 --> 00:09:34,860 Wow. Yeah. 146 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:38,680 I have to say, I am very moved by good prop. 147 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,680 making and design it really helps doesn't it and we were so fortunate in 148 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:48,840 show to have such an incredible design team in all areas and also of course 149 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:54,100 and kmb and it's just i mean we were so fortunate we walk into environments they 150 00:09:54,100 --> 00:09:59,900 weren't sort of sets it was an environment so did i apart from you 151 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:04,420 katana does that make sense me stealing my katana just break down that sentence 152 00:10:04,420 --> 00:10:06,680 apart from stealing your katana 153 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,300 Was that the one that wasn't in the Smithsonian, but it found its way into 154 00:10:13,300 --> 00:10:16,060 apartment in New York? Tell me where it is. 155 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:24,260 Apart from the katana that you decided to pilfer, are there any other 156 00:10:24,260 --> 00:10:27,120 props that you would have liked to have held on to? 157 00:10:27,780 --> 00:10:28,780 Listen. 158 00:10:29,610 --> 00:10:34,970 don't be mad because you don't have a katana yeah i am jealous um i know um 159 00:10:34,970 --> 00:10:39,890 like norman used to end each season on a motorbike he took every crossbow he 160 00:10:39,890 --> 00:10:44,830 took one home at the end of everything every season in full costume yeah with a 161 00:10:44,830 --> 00:10:49,910 crossbow driving home yeah thank you for another good season yeah on a bike that 162 00:10:49,910 --> 00:10:53,290 was probably designed by him nine years to get my katana 163 00:10:55,030 --> 00:10:59,230 So, yeah, is there another prop or thing I would like to have kept? 164 00:10:59,670 --> 00:11:01,070 Maybe the governor's eyeball. 165 00:11:01,390 --> 00:11:02,830 Oh, that's cool. 166 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,220 I don't know if we really got it. She just put it in, but I don't think she 167 00:11:14,220 --> 00:11:19,280 yanked it out, you know? But I think we should have a thing of the eyeball with 168 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,600 that piece of glass stuck in it. That would be amazing. 169 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:24,800 Yeah, I want that. Speaking of that, I'll never forget Dave Morrissey, who 170 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:29,560 played the governor, attacking in such a badass way out on that field. 171 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Go ahead! 172 00:11:31,740 --> 00:11:36,020 Screaming and all this, and shooting at us when the wall was kicking off. 173 00:11:38,860 --> 00:11:43,920 And then he got into his car, and he had obviously the patch on, and he started 174 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:45,920 driving, and he just lifted his patch up. 175 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:53,060 Because he couldn't drive with one eye. He was terrified. I just remember going, 176 00:11:53,220 --> 00:11:55,920 um, that's not that bad. 177 00:11:56,140 --> 00:11:57,480 They can cut around it. They can cut around it. 178 00:11:58,100 --> 00:11:59,900 Right, okay. He called him out. 179 00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:03,360 I did. We love you, David. You're an incredible, incredible actor. 180 00:12:03,580 --> 00:12:04,660 Amazing. What is that? 181 00:12:08,989 --> 00:12:10,350 Judith and Carl. 182 00:12:11,550 --> 00:12:14,010 But where was that? What is that? 183 00:12:14,470 --> 00:12:15,530 Is it the porch? 184 00:12:16,590 --> 00:12:19,590 The porch. Oh, the porch of the house. 185 00:12:20,270 --> 00:12:23,950 Did you just cut it out of the porch and leave the hole in the porch? 186 00:12:24,870 --> 00:12:27,050 No, the porch is complete. 187 00:12:28,550 --> 00:12:29,570 You sure about that? 188 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:34,150 Sure you didn't just leave a hole in the porch? I'm going to check later on when 189 00:12:34,150 --> 00:12:35,150 we go. 190 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:53,500 Look at that. There we go. 191 00:12:56,860 --> 00:13:02,700 Had my air out, as they say in Scotland, for the whole of the first episode. 192 00:13:04,460 --> 00:13:06,120 Okay. Moving on. 193 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:08,660 Right. Right. Now we're talking. 194 00:13:10,089 --> 00:13:15,030 This was my first outfit that the fantastic Yulin Tuffy, who was our 195 00:13:15,030 --> 00:13:18,010 designer for many years, did a fantastic job. Amazing job, yeah. 196 00:13:18,270 --> 00:13:21,430 And she really enjoyed kind of stepping away from certain things that the show 197 00:13:21,430 --> 00:13:23,010 had had, like duller colors. 198 00:13:23,250 --> 00:13:27,310 So Michonne kind of got more color in her palette. No, it felt like a dig. I 199 00:13:27,310 --> 00:13:28,610 don't know about duller colors. 200 00:13:29,610 --> 00:13:34,710 You brightened up the show. No, I didn't say that. I said Yulin decided to give 201 00:13:34,710 --> 00:13:36,890 me color. And then we covered you in blood. 202 00:13:43,060 --> 00:13:44,060 Oh, God. 203 00:13:44,940 --> 00:13:49,300 The boots. I can't believe all the stuff I did this with. There came a time I 204 00:13:49,300 --> 00:13:54,920 had to graduate these and put on some shoes with a bit more heel support. 205 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,700 But, like, listen, sturdy as hell. Like, nothing's going to get past them or 206 00:13:58,700 --> 00:14:02,700 around them. So you were being appropriate to the environment, is what 207 00:14:02,700 --> 00:14:06,180 saying. We were, you know, we were down and out in the dirt eating dogs. 208 00:14:06,860 --> 00:14:12,500 Yeah, that was a low point. It was low, and I think at the end of it, we meet 209 00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:17,280 Aaron after we were in the barn, and you look at me, and I'm like, nod, and then 210 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:18,280 you punch him. Yeah. 211 00:14:22,020 --> 00:14:25,640 Like, I wasn't saying punch him. I thought that was the nod. I was saying, 212 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:26,640 believe what he's saying. 213 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:28,840 So we're clear? 214 00:14:29,260 --> 00:14:31,360 That look wasn't a let's attack that man look. 215 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:33,580 It wasn't, he seems like an okay guy to me look. 216 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,960 She's like, we've got to give this guy a shot because her instincts are saying 217 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,780 this could be a place, as she says to you in that episode, where Judith could 218 00:14:40,780 --> 00:14:44,060 grow up. We can't just toss him aside and say he's lying. Yeah, yeah. 219 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:46,960 We don't need to find out. We do. 220 00:14:49,100 --> 00:14:50,220 You know what you know. 221 00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:52,080 And you're sure of it. 222 00:14:53,500 --> 00:14:54,500 But I'm not. 223 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:57,880 Me neither. 224 00:15:06,700 --> 00:15:07,700 Your wife's dangerous. 225 00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:11,120 Mine isn't. Passing up someplace where we can live? 226 00:15:11,820 --> 00:15:13,240 Where Judith can live? 227 00:15:14,420 --> 00:15:15,480 That's pretty dangerous. 228 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:42,980 I'd call dibs on that one. 229 00:15:44,020 --> 00:15:46,140 It's got more curb appeal. 230 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:54,620 Because this hasn't changed that much, I feel this is more shocking to my 231 00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:56,120 system, seeing this now. 232 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,280 I mean, we've shot every single part of this place. 233 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,480 So what did you feel like when you came here? Were you just relieved to get a 234 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:05,480 hot shower? 235 00:16:06,750 --> 00:16:11,270 It was about the idea of moving into something structured and real that was 236 00:16:11,270 --> 00:16:12,149 and good. 237 00:16:12,150 --> 00:16:16,790 And the belief that that had to exist, that Michonne was holding on to. And she 238 00:16:16,790 --> 00:16:18,630 was the one who said, let's go towards D .C. 239 00:16:18,950 --> 00:16:21,330 She was the one who said, we've got to give Aaron a chance. 240 00:16:21,550 --> 00:16:24,190 And she's the one who persuaded you to come here. 241 00:16:24,470 --> 00:16:27,310 And you didn't know whether or not you were going to be able to do it. And we 242 00:16:27,310 --> 00:16:31,010 had that conversation that was about what you would hear when we got there. 243 00:16:31,010 --> 00:16:32,910 when we got to the doors, we hear children laughing. 244 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:49,960 I loved coming here. It was about coming together in a place that was clean and 245 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:54,180 beautiful, and we could not shoot on the side of a ditch road. 246 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:55,640 I hated it, actually. 247 00:16:55,860 --> 00:16:59,580 I know, that's perfect for our characters. I hated it, because it was 248 00:17:00,300 --> 00:17:01,520 I didn't feel real. 249 00:17:01,740 --> 00:17:04,040 It just didn't feel like the show, and I was really uncomfortable. 250 00:17:04,579 --> 00:17:08,339 And also, then I had to shave my beard off, and I was furious about that. Which 251 00:17:08,339 --> 00:17:09,400 we all thought was great. 252 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:11,500 Yeah, well, I'm glad you did. 253 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,819 He had this wretchedly massive beard. It was like you could not see his face at 254 00:17:15,819 --> 00:17:19,359 all. But I thought I was really rocking it. And then my son, who likes to 255 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:24,000 humiliate me, showed me a photo of the beard. And I was like, oh, man, that was 256 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,240 like about four months too big. 257 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,080 Why didn't anybody tell me? It was a lot. 258 00:17:29,420 --> 00:17:36,280 It was a real shock because all the men on set in solidarity shaved 259 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:37,280 their beards. 260 00:17:37,530 --> 00:17:38,610 when he shaved his. 261 00:17:39,050 --> 00:17:41,570 It was a really shocking day to come to work. 262 00:17:42,190 --> 00:17:45,130 And all the girls were like, did you see Andy? Oh my God. 263 00:17:45,850 --> 00:17:49,930 So he was a little haughty on set for a few days. And then I was like, I asked 264 00:17:49,930 --> 00:17:51,970 if Andy. We did double takes. It was weird. 265 00:17:52,410 --> 00:17:56,710 I just, well, I just, and then we had to wear that uniform, which made me feel a 266 00:17:56,710 --> 00:17:57,710 bit weird as well. 267 00:17:59,290 --> 00:18:02,510 What was your reaction to Deanna appointing us constables? 268 00:18:02,730 --> 00:18:05,450 Well, I mean, the good thing about it was that it allowed us to have 269 00:18:05,980 --> 00:18:09,060 There was a nervousness about, are they going to try to eat us like Terminus did 270 00:18:09,060 --> 00:18:13,520 or try to, you know, kill us like what was about to happen here? And so I think 271 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,440 the cool thing was the idea that she was entrusting us. It was really her 272 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:20,500 reaching out and saying, I entrust you with the authority over this place. 273 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,060 I'd like you to be our constable. 274 00:18:26,220 --> 00:18:27,220 That's what you were. 275 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,000 That's what you are. 276 00:18:37,110 --> 00:18:38,110 And you too. 277 00:18:40,270 --> 00:18:44,310 I sort of took the law into my own hands. Exactly. He became the biggest 278 00:18:44,310 --> 00:18:45,530 in the whole darn gone place. 279 00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:46,970 He was a dick. 280 00:18:47,830 --> 00:18:51,770 He was, but I mean, I re -watched that and I was like, oh my God, that was 281 00:18:51,770 --> 00:18:56,240 really... some crazy vigilante stuff you went after. And it was really just 282 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,840 because you had a crush on his wife. Would you care if you didn't have a 283 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:03,640 on his wife? Yes, I was entrusted as being a constable. That's not how a 284 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,120 constable functions. I was keeping the peace. I was keeping the peace. I kept 285 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:08,560 the peace and I knocked your ass out. 286 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:10,400 That was keeping the peace. 287 00:19:11,340 --> 00:19:12,920 But it made for great drama. 288 00:19:14,460 --> 00:19:16,980 If you don't fight, you die. 289 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,080 I'm not going to stand by. 290 00:19:20,910 --> 00:19:23,270 Was it a conscious decision to actually hit me? 291 00:19:23,950 --> 00:19:30,810 It was a conscious decision to make it work and trust that you could 292 00:19:30,810 --> 00:19:32,690 take it, whatever it took. 293 00:19:32,890 --> 00:19:36,410 Wow. But no, I did not consciously want to actually make contact. 294 00:19:37,170 --> 00:19:42,310 Come on. I probably deserved it. I had it coming. But it was just a little 295 00:19:42,530 --> 00:19:43,269 It was a tap. 296 00:19:43,270 --> 00:19:47,590 Yeah. And I think it helped you enact your action. 297 00:19:47,890 --> 00:19:50,050 Yeah. Which you did pretty well. Thank you. 298 00:19:50,410 --> 00:19:55,030 Yeah, you look pretty messed up. I loved how it came out, quite honestly. I 299 00:19:55,030 --> 00:19:56,030 thought it looked great. 300 00:19:58,190 --> 00:20:03,390 The punch did lead to a very tender moment between Rick and Michonne, which 301 00:20:03,390 --> 00:20:10,010 think was definitely a hint at what was to come, which was the scene where he's 302 00:20:10,010 --> 00:20:16,290 sort of admitting that he lied to her and was scared to tell the truth because 303 00:20:16,290 --> 00:20:17,650 she could talk him out of things. 304 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:25,520 hand her his gun yeah and her response is to trust him and 305 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:32,020 to make him keep his gun yeah and to trust him to make the right move and to 306 00:20:32,020 --> 00:20:35,180 him know that she's still with him even if things don't work out here i think 307 00:20:35,180 --> 00:20:40,020 that was a very telling moment between them as future partners yeah 308 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,140 This is exactly where it happened. 309 00:20:58,420 --> 00:20:59,420 Mm -hmm. 310 00:20:59,460 --> 00:21:02,540 When did Scott actually, Scott Gimple, when did he tell you? 311 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:04,260 He told me at the beginning of the season. 312 00:21:04,500 --> 00:21:09,660 He told me in a way that was very, like, he was almost too afraid to mention it 313 00:21:09,660 --> 00:21:14,600 in full sentences, but he basically told me. You know, we had had conversations 314 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:20,000 about why I was grouped with you so much, and one of the writers said to me 315 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,220 time, they're like, well, we just keep writing to Rick and Michelle because 316 00:21:22,220 --> 00:21:24,260 those scenes just work so well. We just keep writing them. 317 00:21:24,730 --> 00:21:27,650 And so he would be talking about things like that to me, and then he just did 318 00:21:27,650 --> 00:21:29,910 that thing that keeps happening this year. 319 00:21:30,550 --> 00:21:35,250 And he couldn't bring the words up. He was scared, like the walls were 320 00:21:35,250 --> 00:21:36,250 listening, you know. 321 00:21:36,450 --> 00:21:40,070 And I was like, you need to record something together. He's like, well, we 322 00:21:40,070 --> 00:21:41,510 want to say all of that. 323 00:21:41,870 --> 00:21:46,750 But yeah, so he had always... But it really did freak me out to see it on the 324 00:21:46,750 --> 00:21:51,010 page. Oh, God, yeah. I was freaked out. I was like, holy shit. But then it 325 00:21:51,010 --> 00:21:55,200 made... absolute sense, as soon as we did the thing. Yeah, I will give Rick 326 00:21:55,200 --> 00:22:01,580 this. It looked like he was making the move and she was responding in shock to 327 00:22:01,580 --> 00:22:07,180 the realization that this is exactly what she's wanted but not dared to truly 328 00:22:07,180 --> 00:22:09,840 bring to full consciousness. 329 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,000 And now it's just dead clear. 330 00:22:12,220 --> 00:22:16,320 Well, and I think it was also for the group dynamic. It was already 331 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,800 that there was a sort of father and mother of the rest of the group. 332 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:25,080 Certainly the biggest baby in the group, Daryl Dixon, you know, felt that much 333 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,080 earlier on. 334 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,480 He had very mixed feelings about our coupling. He was so... Oh, my God. He 335 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:31,179 like, I'm mad. 336 00:22:31,180 --> 00:22:32,180 He said to me, I'm mad. 337 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:34,860 I was like, what do you know about me? And then he started... Michelle was 338 00:22:34,860 --> 00:22:37,800 supposed to be with Daryl. Yeah. But then at the same time, he thought, 339 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,640 supposed to be with Daryl. Yeah. So he was just in a bit of a conundrum. Yeah, 340 00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:44,280 he just didn't know where to turn. He was very confused. 341 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,760 It's a very difficult season for Normski. 342 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:49,440 Bless him. 343 00:22:49,470 --> 00:22:50,470 Bless them. 344 00:22:57,750 --> 00:22:58,750 Sorry. 345 00:22:59,130 --> 00:23:00,130 What? 346 00:23:31,310 --> 00:23:35,330 So, Danai, this spot in particular, did it haunt you? 347 00:23:35,610 --> 00:23:41,930 Yeah, this was the Negan lineup place where it felt like we spent about 200 348 00:23:41,930 --> 00:23:44,430 shooting on our knees. It was awful. 349 00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:49,250 And it was, like, the saddest part was to see, like, how defenseless we were. 350 00:23:49,350 --> 00:23:51,730 Like, we had no way out of that situation. 351 00:23:52,910 --> 00:23:53,910 Any. 352 00:23:56,910 --> 00:23:57,910 Maybe. 353 00:23:59,090 --> 00:24:00,090 Mighty. 354 00:24:03,050 --> 00:24:07,610 And we lost two spectacularly brilliant actors. 355 00:24:07,990 --> 00:24:08,990 Yeah. Yeah. 356 00:24:09,330 --> 00:24:12,910 It was just here, wasn't it? I mean, it was... And they had that horrible 357 00:24:12,910 --> 00:24:16,710 whistle, didn't they? They were that... That... Yeah. 358 00:24:17,110 --> 00:24:20,750 And he was such a saunterer, you know. Mr. 359 00:24:21,430 --> 00:24:22,430 JDM. 360 00:24:22,630 --> 00:24:27,070 We had to spend hours and hours just watching him just masquerade, you know? 361 00:24:27,070 --> 00:24:30,840 Yeah. Well, bless him. I mean, he did have to come. Oh, no, no, no. He was 362 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:35,780 brilliant. And do 14 pages of dialogue. I know, taking that role, like just 363 00:24:35,780 --> 00:24:41,020 dropping in and just blanching us. That's no small task. It took a Titan 364 00:24:41,020 --> 00:24:45,780 JDM to do what he did. I mean, from an audience perspective, he was extremely 365 00:24:45,780 --> 00:24:50,840 entertaining, but utterly horrifying, diabolical. I still think that the 366 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,860 reconciliation was so difficult with... 367 00:24:55,470 --> 00:25:00,750 The Saviors, wasn't it? It was such an amazing sort of ambitious idea for the 368 00:25:00,750 --> 00:25:04,050 writers to try and rehabilitate him. 369 00:25:04,490 --> 00:25:07,030 Yeah. And they did it. They kind of did it. Yeah. 370 00:25:07,450 --> 00:25:13,050 I mean, I think by the time I leave the show, he's still locked up in a cave. 371 00:25:13,830 --> 00:25:14,830 Yeah, good. 372 00:25:14,990 --> 00:25:19,910 But also, you know, losing Stephen, I fought so hard to try and save Stephen. 373 00:25:19,910 --> 00:25:20,749 Did you? Yeah. 374 00:25:20,750 --> 00:25:23,610 Because, you know, he was such a great friend and he'd been there for... He's a 375 00:25:23,610 --> 00:25:24,610 pillar of the show. 376 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:25,760 Yeah. Big time. 377 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:31,380 But the death dinner was a tradition that kind of kicked in very early. I 378 00:25:31,380 --> 00:25:34,600 it was Sarah Wayne Kelly that just went, well, let's do a death dinner. Great. 379 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:35,800 It's a great idea. 380 00:25:35,820 --> 00:25:39,900 And what it did is that it made sort of more sense for the person leaving, 381 00:25:40,020 --> 00:25:45,580 hopefully, but also helped everybody recover from the change in the dynamic. 382 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,300 Yeah. You know, which I thought was really inspired. 383 00:25:48,740 --> 00:25:50,600 And everyone could express love to the person. 384 00:25:50,820 --> 00:25:55,130 Yeah, it was great. It was just, yeah, it was. It was like having your funeral 385 00:25:55,130 --> 00:26:01,270 and being alive yeah with stevens i had this idea i was like steven was such 386 00:26:01,270 --> 00:26:06,590 like a performer like he could dance he could sing like none of us could and he 387 00:26:06,590 --> 00:26:10,730 would just be always just singing like a lot of justin timberlake and like you 388 00:26:10,730 --> 00:26:16,650 know the boy band stuff so we did i want it that way as a lip sync we're all in 389 00:26:16,650 --> 00:26:21,240 white pants i do remember that yeah yeah And then Kudlitz as well, lovely 390 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:26,140 Michael Kudlitz. Yes, who then came and directed and directed some astounding 391 00:26:26,140 --> 00:26:29,940 moments I've been able to do with him as an actor. I know there's a moment there 392 00:26:29,940 --> 00:26:31,700 you don't like and I won't talk about it. 393 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:37,160 Yeah, let's talk about it. Because why would you just bring it up and then just 394 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:38,160 move on? 395 00:26:38,730 --> 00:26:43,410 It was just a moment where he was about to possibly take his own life and 396 00:26:43,410 --> 00:26:44,450 Michonne stopped him. 397 00:26:44,890 --> 00:26:48,490 With your lips? No. You stopped him with your lips? 398 00:26:48,690 --> 00:26:55,530 In his gratitude, we hug and then surprisingly to Michonne, he does kiss 399 00:26:55,550 --> 00:26:58,570 Oh, he kisses her? Yeah, of course. Was it reciprocated? 400 00:26:58,810 --> 00:27:00,230 How long was it? No, not really. 401 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:14,360 It couldn't have been more than three seconds. Okay, that's reciprocated. 402 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:20,340 Anything past a second is reciprocated. She pulls back like this, but you're 403 00:27:20,340 --> 00:27:23,720 never going to watch it. That's not even a second. It's like half a second. Oh, 404 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,080 my God. And then she proceeds to only talk about Rick. 405 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:29,200 That's even weirder. 406 00:27:29,740 --> 00:27:33,700 You might not know about this, but in my final episode, it was like a sliding 407 00:27:33,700 --> 00:27:34,599 doors thing. 408 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:35,600 You could have killed someone else. 409 00:27:36,060 --> 00:27:37,160 I didn't kiss anybody. Okay. 410 00:27:38,220 --> 00:27:41,060 We're going to do it. Let's do it now. No, no, no. I'm recapping. 411 00:27:41,260 --> 00:27:44,480 Nobody. It was just a moment where you're so silly. 412 00:27:45,220 --> 00:27:48,920 You kind of go through a journey with her of how it could have gone if she 413 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,700 hadn't made the choice through her humanity to save her. And so you see 414 00:27:52,700 --> 00:27:56,980 really gruesome sequence where she just leaves Andrea to get killed. 415 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,980 Wow. So that's like her other reality and she becomes a savior. 416 00:28:01,780 --> 00:28:05,820 What? So this is all a sliding door sort of thing that's going on in her mind. 417 00:28:05,860 --> 00:28:09,140 She's hallucinating because she's been made high by some tea that causes 418 00:28:09,140 --> 00:28:12,680 hallucinations. Long story. It's how she finds your boots, though. Long story. 419 00:28:12,820 --> 00:28:17,200 So then she's walking down the line and it's really freaky. I have an incident 420 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,820 with you guys where I'm the person saying, help me. And then you guys drive 421 00:28:21,820 --> 00:28:26,900 me in the car when I have the orange backpack from episode 12. I'm that 422 00:28:27,820 --> 00:28:31,200 So then I have beef with you guys. Something else happens. Oh, yeah, you go 423 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:32,880 shoot all the people in the thing that we do. 424 00:28:33,220 --> 00:28:36,800 And so I have personal beef with you guys because I'm in one of the beds and 425 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,000 shoot a couple of people and get away. 426 00:28:39,220 --> 00:28:39,979 It's crazy. 427 00:28:39,980 --> 00:28:40,980 This is a great episode. 428 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,020 I kind of wish I watched the show. I kind of wish you did, too. It sounds 429 00:28:44,020 --> 00:28:45,020 really good episode. 430 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:46,960 He comes down the line. He sees everybody. 431 00:28:47,260 --> 00:28:50,340 Then he says, now I'm going to let my girls, who are doing such great work, 432 00:28:50,340 --> 00:28:51,199 her decision. 433 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,040 Oh, and you kill the person in the lineup. 434 00:28:53,340 --> 00:28:54,980 Yeah, but it ends up being I kill myself. 435 00:29:15,270 --> 00:29:18,170 I wonder how many scenes we've done on this porch. 436 00:29:18,430 --> 00:29:19,810 You know what I mean? It's so bizarre. 437 00:29:21,290 --> 00:29:24,610 This isn't the right porch, but it's just brought to mind. 438 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:31,860 You know, Scott Wilson and his porch scene, which is after Carl's been shot 439 00:29:31,860 --> 00:29:32,980 we go to the farm. 440 00:29:33,180 --> 00:29:39,680 And I just want to shout out Scott Wilson. Just because it was such a 441 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:44,120 He was just one of those extraordinary mentors, wasn't he? That we all loved. 442 00:29:44,540 --> 00:29:46,120 Your exit from the show. 443 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:48,880 Yeah. 444 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,180 I thought they did such a beautiful job. 445 00:29:52,420 --> 00:29:54,060 Particularly, I loved our scene. 446 00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:57,860 On the bridge, you're my family. 447 00:30:02,380 --> 00:30:03,800 I felt you. 448 00:30:04,140 --> 00:30:05,140 You did. 449 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:11,580 We were able to say so much in that episode because of bringing 450 00:30:11,580 --> 00:30:15,240 actors back like John Bernthal and Scott. 451 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:20,060 And I think that that was the brilliance of the writing. It was really, 452 00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:26,110 really... Proper genre writing that you could sort of break apart the form and 453 00:30:26,110 --> 00:30:31,050 try different things and fail Sometimes it sometimes it works and I thought they 454 00:30:31,050 --> 00:30:33,190 did a magnificent job with that exit 455 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:22,360 I have a B. 456 00:31:23,260 --> 00:31:24,860 Not an A. I never had an A. 457 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:27,800 He's hurt, but he's strong. Can you help him? 458 00:31:28,540 --> 00:31:30,060 I'm trying to save a friend. 459 00:31:31,260 --> 00:31:32,620 A friend who saved me. 460 00:31:34,420 --> 00:31:36,060 I have something for you now. 461 00:31:36,900 --> 00:31:37,900 We have a deal? 462 00:31:45,380 --> 00:31:46,380 You're still here. 463 00:31:48,580 --> 00:31:49,580 You're going to be okay. 464 00:31:52,430 --> 00:31:53,450 They're going to save you. 465 00:31:54,950 --> 00:31:56,630 It was hard leaving the show. 466 00:31:56,970 --> 00:31:58,130 It was really hard. 467 00:31:59,890 --> 00:32:04,110 I knew what I was doing. I knew the hole that I was leaving. 468 00:32:04,410 --> 00:32:09,490 And there was that draw of wanting to stay and be with my family here, but 469 00:32:09,490 --> 00:32:12,410 knowing that my real family was needing me back home. 470 00:32:12,670 --> 00:32:18,750 And the truth was that I could have gone a year earlier, and I wasn't ready to. 471 00:32:18,930 --> 00:32:21,430 I remember we were at Comic -Con, and I went, 472 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:27,420 can't do it i said i saw everybody and i was just like i'm gonna have to stay a 473 00:32:27,420 --> 00:32:31,440 bit longer i said to scott i said scott i don't think i can do it yet i haven't 474 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:36,980 made peace with it you know it was a big deal this is gonna sound long but you 475 00:32:36,980 --> 00:32:43,520 preferred your experience after i left no i don't mean it like that 476 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:48,700 i don't i swear i don't but there was an interesting there was a buck coming 477 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:51,940 Through the navigation she had to make. 478 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:53,339 That's it. 479 00:32:53,340 --> 00:32:56,440 It was like we had to go six years forward. 480 00:32:56,660 --> 00:33:02,000 And then she has a son now. She has a five -year -old that looks just like 481 00:33:02,060 --> 00:33:04,100 And then she has this very precocious... 482 00:33:04,750 --> 00:33:09,050 12 -year -old daughter who walks around with her little katana on her back. It 483 00:33:09,050 --> 00:33:13,530 was just so riveting and amazing to work with her. It was just a new beginning. 484 00:33:13,590 --> 00:33:14,650 It was super smart. 485 00:33:14,890 --> 00:33:16,610 The little katana on her back, which I just loved. 486 00:33:16,890 --> 00:33:20,010 Yeah. I already mentioned it. I love that little thing on her back. Now she's 487 00:33:20,010 --> 00:33:22,530 kind of outgrown it, hasn't she? Did you steal that as well? 488 00:33:24,610 --> 00:33:27,670 Who exactly is supposed to have that katana except me? 489 00:33:28,310 --> 00:33:29,310 Who, Andy? 490 00:33:29,390 --> 00:33:30,390 Who? 491 00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:34,690 Was it difficult for you? Because you went the following year. 492 00:33:35,070 --> 00:33:39,170 Well, when you said you were leaving, I think I knew it was my time as well 493 00:33:39,170 --> 00:33:43,990 coming. And I didn't know exactly how or when, but I knew I had to start 494 00:33:43,990 --> 00:33:44,990 thinking like that. 495 00:33:45,170 --> 00:33:48,590 And when you left, you said, now go lead. 496 00:33:48,870 --> 00:33:49,890 And I was like, what? 497 00:33:50,370 --> 00:33:51,790 I was like, that's scary. 498 00:33:52,110 --> 00:33:53,230 And I was like, how? 499 00:33:53,470 --> 00:33:54,429 And you were like, just... 500 00:33:54,430 --> 00:33:57,450 Do what you, do you, be you. 501 00:33:57,950 --> 00:34:00,050 And I was like, what the F does that mean? 502 00:34:00,370 --> 00:34:02,230 And so you walked away like fucking Yoda. 503 00:34:02,770 --> 00:34:04,550 And I've just lived like that. 504 00:34:05,570 --> 00:34:08,010 I think I might have meant that for Norman. 505 00:34:08,830 --> 00:34:09,830 I'm joking. 506 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:15,730 Though, yeah, I mean, I was surprised that you said it to me, but you did. You 507 00:34:15,730 --> 00:34:20,730 asked me the question, you know, earlier, what has it been like to return 508 00:34:20,730 --> 00:34:22,270 him? And I said, well, it's... 509 00:34:22,679 --> 00:34:29,179 So easy and so effortless, but also deeply important to do it as well. And 510 00:34:29,179 --> 00:34:32,120 thankful for you because you were the one that said we have to, we should. 511 00:34:32,420 --> 00:34:36,880 You know, there's a story to be told and we need to finish this thing. And I 512 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:42,100 thank you for that. And, you know, it's been such a special experience. You 513 00:34:42,100 --> 00:34:48,639 can't, no matter how many of these we do and how much information we give you. 514 00:34:49,230 --> 00:34:56,070 on film or in books or whatever, or at Comic -Con. You know, we lived 515 00:34:56,070 --> 00:34:59,830 it. It's like I was thinking as I was driving here going, I used to drive back 516 00:34:59,830 --> 00:35:04,310 listening to Johnny Cash when we'd done a day that was great, like when you 517 00:35:04,310 --> 00:35:06,190 knocked me out and we had one of those big days. 518 00:35:06,570 --> 00:35:11,290 And there was nothing better than seeing a sort of Georgia sunset, listening to 519 00:35:11,290 --> 00:35:14,030 a bit of Johnny Cash and going, we had a good day at the office. 520 00:35:14,770 --> 00:35:17,650 And only we sort of shared that. And it was... 521 00:35:18,620 --> 00:35:23,380 And it's a very, very special, you know, thing that we'll always have. 522 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:24,640 Yeah. 523 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:32,160 Hey, Rick. 524 00:35:34,420 --> 00:35:35,420 Here. 525 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:37,160 Look at this. 526 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:42,040 This place. 527 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:52,600 Consignee Grimes. 528 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,800 You've been located and are instructed to surrender. 529 00:35:56,900 --> 00:35:58,840 Remain in place with your hands up. 530 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:23,320 Hold it to your heart. 531 00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:24,500 It's true. 532 00:36:25,740 --> 00:36:26,740 Forever. 533 00:36:31,260 --> 00:36:33,380 We're the ones who live. 534 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:39,480 We're the ones who live. 535 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:49,560 What was it like, Danai, to reprise the role of Michonne? 536 00:36:49,980 --> 00:36:53,200 in the six -part miniseries for AMC. 537 00:36:53,500 --> 00:36:54,500 It was incredible. 538 00:36:54,660 --> 00:36:55,660 I mean, it was very intense. 539 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:59,880 I mean, we started off, it was the three of us, you know, creating this thing, 540 00:36:59,980 --> 00:37:04,300 and we got a lot done in a short amount of time in terms of figuring out what 541 00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:05,360 this was supposed to be. 542 00:37:05,660 --> 00:37:09,060 It was an epic love story, kind of the heart of it, wasn't it? 543 00:37:09,260 --> 00:37:15,640 These two incredibly similar types of people that love one another have 544 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,240 disappeared from the mothership. 545 00:37:17,530 --> 00:37:20,250 And we just wanted to sort of fill in the blanks, really, didn't we? Well, 546 00:37:20,330 --> 00:37:24,170 it was definitely a story that needed to be completed. And I do think that these 547 00:37:24,170 --> 00:37:30,010 characters are so beloved, you know, by us as well. So to be part of that 548 00:37:30,010 --> 00:37:36,450 creative process and to have a bit more input from the sort of the genesis was 549 00:37:36,450 --> 00:37:40,670 really exciting. Yeah, yeah. You know, and I think a lot of it was what would I 550 00:37:40,670 --> 00:37:42,210 want to see, you know? 551 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:46,380 You wrote an episode and starred in it and produced an episode as you were 552 00:37:46,380 --> 00:37:52,380 filming. Yeah. As well. And I was so impressed, so kind of shocked at your 553 00:37:52,380 --> 00:37:56,660 capacity to be able to wear all of these hats at the same time. I don't think I 554 00:37:56,660 --> 00:37:57,660 would be able to. 555 00:37:58,140 --> 00:38:02,780 do that you know what i mean were you able to kind of navigate that yeah i 556 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:07,100 it was it was intense it was intense but it was just like once i started to 557 00:38:07,100 --> 00:38:09,940 write it and was getting more and more invested and getting it as rich as it 558 00:38:09,940 --> 00:38:13,500 needed to be for the characters and for the journey there was just no letting go 559 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:16,760 of it it was like it's your kid now it's just your kid you take care of your kid 560 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:20,360 but anyway the long and short of it was it was extremely intense and extremely 561 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:26,640 hard, and also extremely rewarding. Everybody was just incredible with 562 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:31,520 the vision I had. As were you. As were you. Bless you. Sometimes I was a 563 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:36,280 little... No, no, but... No, foxy is not the right word. Is it not the right 564 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:37,280 word? No. Good. 565 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,960 Specific. Okay, I love that word. Yay! 566 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:46,880 But I think the fact that we're... 567 00:38:47,180 --> 00:38:52,300 trying to explore a new world we're sort of world building we're not sort of we 568 00:38:52,300 --> 00:38:57,720 are world building and what i've always loved in the show is when we meet people 569 00:38:57,720 --> 00:39:02,280 or strangers and you hear their story so what i want to hear is the bigger story 570 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:07,980 of what's been happening in the you know in america in the continent while we've 571 00:39:07,980 --> 00:39:12,740 been scrabbling around in the dirt but also for me it was always about the 572 00:39:12,740 --> 00:39:17,980 reason that we do this is to get these two lovers together to tell a love story 573 00:39:17,980 --> 00:39:22,580 because after all what when you're on your deathbed what else is worth talking 574 00:39:22,580 --> 00:39:27,040 about you know what i mean it's love man and i think that the story began with a 575 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:34,000 man looking for his family and it finishes potentially with 576 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:39,880 these two lovers hopefully finding one another and and completing the circle 577 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,420 yeah yeah yeah