JamesG
08-24-2018, 11:09 PM
"The Walking Dead" Casts Key Comic Book Character for Season 9
by Lesley Goldberg
Aug 24, 2018
AMC's "The Walking Dead" just cast a key comic book character as it charts its future without Rick and Carl Grimes.
Actress Cassady McClincy (Love, Simon) has boarded the zombie drama in the key recurring role of Lydia.
The casting arrives as "The Walking Dead" is charting a new course without Andrew Lincoln's central Rick Grimes and after the shocking death of his son, Carl (Chandler Riggs) last season. Season nine, the first with new showrunner Angela Kang, will jump forward in time and introduce the Whisperers, a new group of survivors who walk among the dead in skin suits made of human flesh.
The Whisperers are overseen by Alpha, who will be played in season nine by new series regular Samantha Morton. McClincy's Lydia is Alpha's daughter.
In the comics, Lydia is romantically paired with Carl as Rick's band of survivors clashes with the Whisperers with the two teens at the center of the conflict.
How the AMC series will tackle that storyline remains unclear now that Carl — who was wildly considered the future lead of both the show and the comic — is no longer alive in the small-screen take.
Other new faces taking on recurring parts ripped from the comics are:
- Brett Butler as Tammy Rose, described by AMC as a salt-of-the-earth Hilltop resident.
(In the comics, she clashes with Carl and Maggie.)
- John Finn will take on the role of Earl, the Hilltop's blacksmith and Tammy's devoted husband.
(In the comics, he winds up taking Carl under his wing.)
- Rhys Coiro as Jed, a seemingly new character to the franchise who is described as a rebellious Savior who refuses to fall in line.
- Zach McGowen as Justin, a hostile Savior who isn't interested in working together with other communities.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-casts-lydia-season-9-1137412
by Lesley Goldberg
Aug 24, 2018
AMC's "The Walking Dead" just cast a key comic book character as it charts its future without Rick and Carl Grimes.
Actress Cassady McClincy (Love, Simon) has boarded the zombie drama in the key recurring role of Lydia.
The casting arrives as "The Walking Dead" is charting a new course without Andrew Lincoln's central Rick Grimes and after the shocking death of his son, Carl (Chandler Riggs) last season. Season nine, the first with new showrunner Angela Kang, will jump forward in time and introduce the Whisperers, a new group of survivors who walk among the dead in skin suits made of human flesh.
The Whisperers are overseen by Alpha, who will be played in season nine by new series regular Samantha Morton. McClincy's Lydia is Alpha's daughter.
In the comics, Lydia is romantically paired with Carl as Rick's band of survivors clashes with the Whisperers with the two teens at the center of the conflict.
How the AMC series will tackle that storyline remains unclear now that Carl — who was wildly considered the future lead of both the show and the comic — is no longer alive in the small-screen take.
Other new faces taking on recurring parts ripped from the comics are:
- Brett Butler as Tammy Rose, described by AMC as a salt-of-the-earth Hilltop resident.
(In the comics, she clashes with Carl and Maggie.)
- John Finn will take on the role of Earl, the Hilltop's blacksmith and Tammy's devoted husband.
(In the comics, he winds up taking Carl under his wing.)
- Rhys Coiro as Jed, a seemingly new character to the franchise who is described as a rebellious Savior who refuses to fall in line.
- Zach McGowen as Justin, a hostile Savior who isn't interested in working together with other communities.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-casts-lydia-season-9-1137412