Jeffrey Dean Morgan felt a little tense during the first few days of filming The Walking Dead Season 7, as he should’ve, because Negan’s going to destroy us all.
Morgan recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about returning to The Walking Dead set to shoot the continuation of the Season 6 finale cliffhanger. Morgan’s been telling everyone it’s Negan’s world now, but getting into character took a toll on him at first.
“It’s heavy, man. It’s a heavy deal,” Morgan told EW. “ It was heavy when we shot it last year and it’s only gotten more intense this year, I think. That first episode back was crazy. It was just crazy. What you’re asking of these actors to put it on the line like they do, and then this scene in particular, especially if they had the summer to dwell on it, it’s a lot. Then I go blowing in like a hurricane, just dance around on my tiptoes swinging Lucille around — it was 10 days of hell, I believe, for everyone involved.”
Morgan continued, “Hard work, but it went well beyond that. I mean, you’ve been around, you see these relationships that these guys all have with each other as well as the crew, and everyone is so invested and so passionate. And that ending — or this beginning, I should say — is jarring. It’s a reset on The Walking Dead world and it’s f—ing Negan’s world now, you know? It’s a lot.”
We know Negan is about to change the game for Rick and the rest of the people in Alexandria. There’s not much else fans can do to prepare for what is sure to be one of the darkest episodes in the history of The Walking Dead come this October.
Still, Rick always manages to come out of the other side. Maybe the encounter with Negan will be enough to remind Rick the importance of working together with other people and not killing on sight.
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