8 Revelations About The Walking Dead From Robert Kirkman's Reddit AMA

1. He's not afraid to kill off Rick.

Q: Is Rick Grimes a "safe" character?

A: ABSOLUTELY NOT. Although when I look in Andrew Lincoln's piercing blue eyes I FEEL safe.



2. Even Daryl, a popular show-only character played by Norman Reedus, could get killed off.

Q: How does popularity, if at all, affect the survival rate of characters? Have you ever killed a character just because they were popular and you wanted to shake things up?

A: In my opinion, I feel like characters ripen like fruit. So while I wouldn't say the more popular a character is the more likely they are to die, they do have to reach a certain level of popularity before they've "earned" the death. No character is too popular to die. (Suck it, Reedus!)


4. He hated the CDC episode in Season 1, but not because it was terrible. He felt it gave away too much.

Q: Why did you not like the mention about France (being a last human stronghold) at the CDC in season 1?

A: I feel it revealed too much of the world and gave the characters too much information. I prefer the way they're more in the dark about the rest of the world in the comic. For instance, for all they know in the comic, the outbreak is contained on this continent.

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