JamesG
05-07-2018, 04:30 PM
"The Walking Dead" Promotes Pair to Series Regular for Season 9 (Exclusive)
by Lesley Goldberg
May 7, 2018
AMC's "The Walking Dead" has begun its annual process of refilling its series regular ranks.
Avi Nash and Callan McAuliffe, who both arrived in season eight as Siddiq and Alden, respectively, have been upgraded from recurring to series regulars for the upcoming ninth season of the zombie drama.
Nash's Siddiq first appeared in the season eight premiere when he crossed paths with Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Carl (Chandler Riggs). After Rick drives him away, Carl later crosses paths with Siddiq and helps him kill a few walkers — but is bitten in the process.
Carl effectively died saving Siddiq's life as part of his larger goal to strive for "what comes after" the war between the living between Rick and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
While Siddiq is an important character in creator Robert Kirkman's comic book series on which the series is based, the AMC take has remixed his storyline. Unlike his story on the page, AMC's Siddiq is a doctor — meaning Carl died saving the life of a man who can help save others.
McAuliffe, meanwhile, plays Alden, a former member of Negan's Saviors who surrendered to Maggie's (Lauren Cohan) Hilltop community and was held as a prisoner. Since then, he displayed an even hand and has worked hard to prove that he was never really on board with the Saviors. While there is no character in the comics named Alden, it's very likely he's a remixed version of Dante, an eventual love interest for Magie.
Nash and McAuliffe's promotions to regular follows an eighth season that parted ways with series regulars Riggs (Carl) and Steven Ogg (Simon), who played Negan's right-hand Savior.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-promotes-pair-series-regular-season-9-1108964
by Lesley Goldberg
May 7, 2018
AMC's "The Walking Dead" has begun its annual process of refilling its series regular ranks.
Avi Nash and Callan McAuliffe, who both arrived in season eight as Siddiq and Alden, respectively, have been upgraded from recurring to series regulars for the upcoming ninth season of the zombie drama.
Nash's Siddiq first appeared in the season eight premiere when he crossed paths with Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Carl (Chandler Riggs). After Rick drives him away, Carl later crosses paths with Siddiq and helps him kill a few walkers — but is bitten in the process.
Carl effectively died saving Siddiq's life as part of his larger goal to strive for "what comes after" the war between the living between Rick and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
While Siddiq is an important character in creator Robert Kirkman's comic book series on which the series is based, the AMC take has remixed his storyline. Unlike his story on the page, AMC's Siddiq is a doctor — meaning Carl died saving the life of a man who can help save others.
McAuliffe, meanwhile, plays Alden, a former member of Negan's Saviors who surrendered to Maggie's (Lauren Cohan) Hilltop community and was held as a prisoner. Since then, he displayed an even hand and has worked hard to prove that he was never really on board with the Saviors. While there is no character in the comics named Alden, it's very likely he's a remixed version of Dante, an eventual love interest for Magie.
Nash and McAuliffe's promotions to regular follows an eighth season that parted ways with series regulars Riggs (Carl) and Steven Ogg (Simon), who played Negan's right-hand Savior.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-promotes-pair-series-regular-season-9-1108964