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Frank Dillane Says It Was His Choice To Leave Fear the Walking Dead

April 30, 2018
Johnny O'DellbyJohnny O'Dell
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It only took three episodes for Fear the Walking Dead to kill off its first major character of the season. Nick Clark, who had been a staple since the pilot, bit the bullet when Charlie shot him in retribution for murdering her friend Ennis. Fans were understandably upset and pointed at the show’s dramatic new direction for blame, but it turns out it was actor Frank Dillane’s decision to leave the show.

“I had been doing the show for three or four years now,” Dillane told The Hollywood Reporter. “There had been much chopping and changing. I was very close to Nick. I played him for a very long time. But it felt like it was time to move on and try different things, and play new characters. Television is a very difficult medium for an actor, because you have to work so much. I also get quite homesick; I miss Europe very much when I’m away. It felt like an end of an era, with Ian and Andrew coming in. They are great writers; really, really fantastic. And now that Lennie is crossing over into Fear the Walking Dead, it felt like the right time for me to move on.”

Frank Dillane as Nick Clark - Fear the Walking Dead _ Season 4, Episode 3 - Photo Credit: Richard Foreman, Jr/AMC

For three seasons Nick transformed from a junkie to an independent apocalypse warrior, and perhaps that was enough. “I didn’t really have anything left,” Dillane told THR. “I didn’t have any new ideas for Nick. It just felt like it was time to move on. I wanted to start playing some new characters and do some more films. But I’m very sad to see Nick die.”

Even though Dillane will be moving on to other projects (he’s currently shooting a film in Munich), he still loves how attached fans were to his character. “I’m always touched and very moved knowing that Nick resonated with people,” Dillane said. “I just hope that I’ve done that character justice, and that I did justice for anyone else who has struggled with addiction. I’m very humbled to hear that people responded so well to Nick.”

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Although Nick is gone in the current storyline, fans will still get plenty more from him in the flashback sequences throughout the rest of the season. Fear the Walking Dead airs on AMC Sundays at 9PM.

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  1. flagg_is_god says:
    5 years ago

    His death was haunting, effective, and incredibly sad. Nick is my favorite character from the entire Walking Dead franchise, but no one can be safe in that world, and it was a terrific episode.

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  2. Neutral-Grey says:
    5 years ago

    That’s a shame, really. He was honestly one of the most interesting characters in Fear and honestly more interesting than anyone left in the main TWD show. But if he felt it was time to go that’s ultimately his call. I kinda feel bad for the writers, though. They’ll get the brunt of this unfairly. It’s like the opposite of when Chandler Riggs got unfairly canned.

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    • flagg_is_god says:
      5 years ago

      To be fair, it was the showrunner as opposed to the writers. I feel like they made the best of a shit sandwich with Carl and it was handled by the writers pretty well.

      Reply
  3. BASTet. says:
    5 years ago

    At least we don’t have all the bullshit rumors/twists, etc. about how someone was screwed out of something, therefore, written off.

    Reply

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