The series "Walking Dead": reviews, actors and roles

In 2010, the first season of the series, which tells how people are trying to survive in the conditions of the coming apocalypse, was presented to the audience. They are forced to fight the zombies that flooded the planet. In October 2016, fans are already waiting for the 7th season of the favorite movie "Walking Dead". Reviews about the TV project are found both positive and negative, the latter are most often left by fans of the comic book series of the same name Kirkman, dissatisfied with the significant retreat of the script from the "original". However, the high ratings of the TV project show that he will live for a long time.

A few words about the plot

"Walking Dead" - a television series, the main characters of which are not zombies at all. The main characters are ordinary people, who were struck by the epidemic that struck the planet and deprived them of the world they knew. More than 90% of the world's population turned into zombies, few survivors are forced to fight for survival, uniting in groups.

One such group, led by Rick Grimes, a former police officer, travels in vain trying to find a safe place. On the road, fugitives have to fight not only with zombies, but also with other people who managed to survive after the spread of the epidemic. The latter are often much more dangerous, since in the world after the apocalypse, laws no longer operate. No member of the group is immune from death, loss of relatives and friends, as the audience will be able to see.

"Walking Dead" - a television series, the plot of which is taken from the famous comic book series of the author Robert Kirkman. However, as events unfold, the scenario recedes further from the "original", which causes outrage among many fans.

Andrew Lincoln and his hero

Rick Grimes - one of the main characters of the sensational show, a leader ready for any actions in the name of saving his group, among whose participants there are his son and daughter. Before the advent of the apocalypse, the character played by the charming actor Andrew Lincoln, was a police officer, lived with his family in a small town. After the defeat of the planet by the epidemic of the virus, he was forced to lead a group of survivors, trying to save his wife and children from death.

At the beginning of the series, Rick appears before the audience as a calm, intelligent, not retiring from their own principles of man. However, as events unfold, the character becomes embittered, begins to commit acts that are unusual to him earlier. Andrew Lincoln argues that it is increasingly difficult for him to play his hero, as he is forced to show changes in his character. Also, the actor says that filming in the series "Walking Dead" saved him from having to go to the gym. The role of the former policeman, constantly fighting with zombies, and so provides the necessary workload.

Rick Grimes is the most famous character of all who Lincoln has so far played. Also, the performer of the role can be seen in the pictures "Heartbreaker", "Real Love".

Who played Laurie Grimes

Laurie Grimes is another vivid character of the sensational TV project "The Walking Dead". Reviews of the audience about this heroine turned out to be so negative that the creators of the series had to "kill" it earlier than it does in the Kirkman comics. Laurie was to die during the attack on the prison, in which for two seasons remained a group of Rick from the army of the Governor. However, in the film, Mrs. Grimes died in childbirth, having produced a girl.

Sarah Wayne Callis is an actress who played the wife of Rick and the mother of his children. It was her character that caused the Grimes conflict with his childhood friend Shane Walsh, who led to the murder of the latter. Sarah presented her character as a real "splinter", which constantly interferes in matters that do not concern her, putting her husband and the whole group in mortal danger. Her death in the series audience welcomed with a storm of applause. It is interesting that the actress herself does not understand the reasons for the negative attitude towards her heroine, fully justifies her actions.

Sarah Wayne Callis - a girl who became a star even before the movie "Walking Dead". She especially remembered the audience as a doctor Sarah from the famous series "Escape" - the beloved of the protagonist, for his sake, decided on a crime. Among new projects with the participation of the actress deserves attention "Colony", she plays Katie - one of the residents of Los Angeles, occupied by aliens.

David Morissy and his character

David Morissy - a real godsend for the series "Walking Dead". The actors, who became his colleagues on the set, do not deny that it was the Governor who became the real star of the third and fourth season of the show. This character has united around him a different group of survivors, but his methods of leadership have nothing to do with the style of Grimes. The governor gets pleasure from killing people, ready to challenge everyone who gets in his way. In this case, his hero is not deprived and negative charm, conquered many spectators. That's why David Morissy stayed in the TV project much longer than originally planned.

Of course, the Governor did not like all the fans of the show, like the other characters in the series "Walking Dead". Comments from Kirkman comic book fans indicate that they are unhappy with the appearance of actor Morissi. The source says that this character should be a long-haired mustachioed Hispanic. The character of the hero, who became a sociopathic pragmatist, and not a temperamental madman, was also changed.

Spectators who liked the actor will be able to see him in such films as "The Price of Treason," "Another of the Boleyns," "Becoming John Lennon."

Who played Andrea

Laurie Holden is an actress whose character did not fall in favor of most of the audience of the series. She played Andrea - a girl who worked in a law firm in the past, after becoming an epidemic member of the Rick group, her sister in the first season becomes a victim of zombies. The audience did not like the emotional instability inherent in the heroine, the indecisiveness that she demonstrated in the first series of the television project. The actress claims that she was even threatened by the most dissatisfied fans.

If the creators adhered to the plot of comic books, Andrea would still be a part of the "Walking Dead". However, the dissatisfaction of the audience of the series with this character pushed the writers to "kill" her. Andrea dies in the third season, her assassin becomes Governor, with whom the heroine had a short romance.

Actress Laurie Holden can also be seen in such films as "Mist", "Silent Hill", "Young Catherine". Play in the "Walking Dead" belligerent Andrea, learning to handle weapons and protect themselves, she really liked. The character is not like all the heroines, in whose roles she happened to perform.

Denmark Gurira and her heroine

Mishon is a heroine who takes a special place even in such a series full of interesting characters, like "Walking Dead". The viewers' comments about the militant Amazon, which perfectly understands the katana, are mostly positive. A fighting girl with a mysterious past is portrayed by Denmark Gurira. In preparation for the role of the actress had to take a few lessons of fencing, pay special attention to their physical form.

Initially, Mishon appears before the audience as a hermit-misanthrope, with whom it is difficult to find a common language. Having joined the group of Grimes in the third season, she gradually "thaws", begins to make friends. The main claim of fans to the scriptwriters is the failed romance of Mishon with another member of the group Tyrizom, who died in season 5.

Denmark Gurira is an actress who, until the release of The Walking Dead, was only entrusted with episodic roles in the series. Curiously, for the role of Mishon she had not only to undergo physical training, but also to acquire dreadlocks.

Who got the role of Glen

The last episode of the sixth season ended on the tragic moment of the murder of one of the central characters. Who exactly was killed is a mystery that will be revealed only in the first series of the next season of the TV project "Walking Dead". The actors do not admit which of them will leave the show, however the fans suspect that it will be the performer of the role of Glen.

Why does the character of Glen have the highest chances of perishing at the hands of the villain Nigan? This is exactly what happens in the comics created by Robert Kirkman, about which the writers do not forget the plot. Glen (Stephen Yong) in the past was an ordinary pizza deliveryman, in the present - one of the most active members of the Rick Grimes group, almost the right hand leader. His death, which most of the audience of "Walking Dead" does not doubt, is also tragic because the hero's beloved, Maggie, expects a child from him.

Curiously, Stephen Yen has little to do with his character Glen. For example, the hero is absolutely indifferent to his appearance, while the performer of the role collects expensive suits, devotes a lot of time to shopping. Also, the actor is convinced that if he were in a world filled with bloodthirsty zombies, he would certainly be among the first victims, as he can not survive in such conditions.

Daryl Dixon - the audience's favorite

Interestingly, the most popular character of "Walking Dead" - by no means Rick Grimes. The greatest number of enthusiasm is the hero, whose role was given to Norman Ridus. Initially, the actor wanted to play Merle Dixon, Daryl's elder brother, who died in the third season, but the role was given to another person. Nevertheless, the applicant liked the creators so much that a hero was specially invented for him, which is absent in comics.

Younger Dixon is often compared with Legolas from "The Lord of the Rings", as his favorite weapon is also arrows. With the bow, Daryl practically does not part, constantly helping out of trouble the whole group through his combat skills. Norman Ridus excellently coped with the image of a guy from an unhappy family, who is gradually changing and becoming a devoted friend and assistant to Rick. Pictures in which you can see the actor: "Dark Harbor", "Saints from the Boondock", "Gangster".

Merle Dixon - another character from whom many admirers of "Walking Dead" were delighted. The hero is Daryl's elder brother, who by fate's fate becomes the Governor's right hand, but then dies precisely at the hands of David Morissy's character. Michael Rucker, when asked to name a favorite episode of the show with his participation, calls the moment when he turns into a zombie. In preparation for this event, the actor even had to undergo special courses, on which he was taught to move like a zombie.

Lorin Cohen vs. Violence

Lorin Cohen is an actress who hesitated for a long time before agreeing to participate in the project. The girl was confused by the abundance of scenes of violence present in the show. But now she is happy to make creators turn into an analogue of the endless "Supernatural" series "Walking Dead" (the 11th season of the story about the Winchesters brothers is now being shown to viewers). The actress claims that she is ready to act as Maggie for a long time.

Maggie Green is a character who appears in the second season of the television project. Having lost most of her family, the girl with her father and sister (later dying) is forced to join the Rick Grimes team. She also finds her love in the person of Glen, at the end of the sixth season finds out about her pregnancy from him. Maggie Green is one of the characters that most viewers like.

Actress Lorin Cohen became famous primarily because of filming in serials. For example, it can be seen in the movie "Supernatural", where she played the unprincipled thief Belu Talbot. Know the star and fans of the series "The Vampire Diaries", in which she portrayed the 500-year-old vampire Rose.

Viewers' comments

For several years the TV project "The Walking Dead" has remained popular. The release of the seasons is invariably expected by a multimillion army of fans. Of course, not all fans of the first seasons of the show have kept interest in it. Many spectators accuse the series of excessive tightness, saturation of "superfluous" characters and empty dialogues. However, there are many who continue to consider it one of the best works in their genre.

The greatest number of claims to the "Walking Dead" comes from fans of the Kirkman comic books. The script of the series is constantly receding from the original, which fans do not like. For example, many were dissatisfied with the fact that the Governor did not deprive Rick Grimes of his right hand, as it was in comics. Also, viewers are not satisfied with the changes that character and appearance of some of the main characters have undergone.

The creators respond to this, that one can not please everyone without exception. And also that a flurry of criticism will not force them to refuse from filming the continuation of the rating TV project "The Walking Dead". The 9th season of the series, which has already been extended for the seventh and eighth seasons, seems to the film crew to be quite real, the further fate of the story depends on the audience's interest.

Opinions of fans about season 6

Continued attempts by critics and spectators to establish the best season of "Walking Dead". Actors and creators of the series at the same time called the most interesting is the 6th season. It is known that when writing it, the writers finally concentrated on the relationships of people in the world that survived the epidemic, making the zombies only a kind of background for the development of history.

The greatest emotion in the audience was caused by the final episode of the 6th season of the TV project, more precisely, its final shots. Wishing to warm up the audience's interest in the continuation of the story, the creators decided to leave behind the scenes the one who was killed by the new antagonist Nigan, performed by the talented actor Jeffrey Morgan. Fans of the series did not like this decision. However, the heated discussions that have raged on thousands of forums show that the project "Walking Dead" is still very popular. 9 season, therefore, will be, since his fate is determined by the spectator interest.

When to wait for the seventh season

Since 2010, new seasons of the popular series are presented to the audience in late October. Consequently, the seventh season of the TV project "The Walking Dead" in Russian will be available in our country in October 2016. The exact date of the appearance of the first episode has not yet been formally named.