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Steven Yeun addresses the 'f---ing awesome' arrival of Negan on
The Walking Dead
By: Ickray_Imesgray Date: March 15, 2016, 4:19 pm
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[WARNING: Spoilers from events in The Walking Dead comic to
follow. These may or may not correspond to what ends up
happening on the TV version of The Walking Dead. Seriously, stop
reading now if you don’t want to know about future events in the
comic book series that may come to pass — no pun intended — on
the show. Proceed at your own risk.]
We’re all looking forward to the appearance of the real Negan
when Jeffrey Dean Morgan makes his debut as the charismatic
Walking Dead villain in the season 6 finale. But if there is one
person who had every right to dread his arrival, it is Steven
Yeun, who plays Glenn. That’s because Negan makes his grand
entrance in issue 100 of The Walking Dead comic, and that grand
entrance includes bashing in Glenn’s face with his barbed
wire-covered baseball bat he affectionately refers to as
Lucille, killing the fan-favorite in horrific fashion.
Yeun is well aware of Glenn’s fate in the comic book, so what
was it like for the actor to know that Negan was finally
arriving on the show, thereby putting his own job on the
highest-rated show on television in jeopardy? His answer may
surprise you. “For me, his arrival is awesome,” says Yeun.
“We’ve been waiting for this person for a long time, and in the
comic books, he in a way brings a level of stakes that are kind
of unmatched. And so, for me, for Negan to come into the show
is, to say nothing less, f—ing awesome.”
I’m sorry, but SAY WHAT?!?!?!?
Of course, as we all know, showrunner Scott M. Gimple has a
habit of changing things up in the TV adaptation. For instance,
while Tyreese was beheaded by the Governor at the prison in the
comics, in the TV version it was Hershel who ended up on the
wrong side of the blade. So the deal is far from sealed when it
comes to Glenn’s fate.
“I know people are going to always go, ‘Negan kills Glenn in the
comics,’ but rest assured that we don’t necessarily do what’s in
the comics,” says Yeun. “There’s a clear divide in the way we
tell a story on television, and the way that story is told in
the comics, because it has to be. And everybody will have to see
what happens, but we definitely tell our story in the way that
television should be told.”
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Yeun and I have discussed Glenn’s fate many times often over the
years, and I have argued to him that while fans have a certain
expectation for one of the biggest moments ever from the comic —
if not the biggest — to make it to the screen, having that
moment defy expectations by changing the recipient of that
deadly blow could make it even more powerful. “That’s the beauty
of the adaptation,” responds Yeun. “There is something to be
said about something being predictable. I’m sure there are
iconic moments, but at the same time, we want to keep this show
as fresh and alive as possible, and we’re going to tell that
story that exists for the world we’ve created. And it is
inspired by the world Robert Kirkman has created, but it’s also
its own entity, to some degree. So, yeah. I mean, we’ll see what
happens."
While, of course, Yeun won’t tell us whether Glenn lives or
dies, he does confirm what Andrew Lincoln and Lauren Cohan told
us — that the season finale promises to be deep, dark, and
devastating. “I mean, we go for it,” says Yuen. “The thing that
I can be most proud about on this show is that year after year
we just continue to go for it. Whether we fail or whether we
succeed, we just go for it. And things are tough. The conditions
are tough. I would love for someone to come out and check out
what a day of filming can be like. I could show you pictures
that I took where you can see my entire leg all up the side
completely covered in disgusting bruises. And that’s not just
me. That’s everyone. Everyone has something happen every year.
Yes, it’s brutal what happens story-wise with all the things
that we try to tell near the end. But it’s also what we’ve
always been going for.”
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Re: Steven Yeun addresses the 'f---ing awesome' arrival of Negan
on The Walking Dead
By: Ickray_Imesgray Date: March 15, 2016, 4:26 pm
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After reading this article I still think Glenn could end up
getting it in the end or even Morgan. Daryl is probably the
safest character next to Rick, Carl, and Michonne.
I also don't believe a female character will be killed in that
fashion either. Based on the wall of Lucille's greatest hits all
of them appeared to be male victims.
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