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Robert Kirkman Talks New Characters of Season 4

February 6, 2014
Lizzy IversonbyLizzy Iverson
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In a new Entertainment Weekly interview with Robert Kirkman, he talks new characters in Season 4, the aftermath of Hershel’s death, and the thought behind the decision to splinter the group. Here’s an excerpt from the interview:

EW: Okay, where’s Baby Judith?
KIRKMAN: All I know is that there’s a bloody car seat so things aren’t looking too good.

EW: How about Lilly and Tara. Will we see them or anyone from the Governor’s storyline again, or is that chapter complete?
KIRKMAN: There are some people in that mix that we didn’t see die that could theoretically pop up at some point in the future.

EW: We know we’re going to see new characters in the back eight, a few big ones from the comics — Abraham and Rosita and Eugene. What can you tell us about them and how similar or different they will be to the original comic iterations?
KIRKMAN: These characters are going to be extremely similar to who they were in the comics and I’m really excited about that. The visuals and costuming for them has been absolutely amazing. These people really do look like they were torn out of the comic page, it’s pretty startling. But I will say people excited for the introduction of these characters won’t have to wait very long. I don’t want to reveal exactly when they’ll be introduced, but it won’t be too terribly late in the season so get your hopes up. They really are going to add a very interesting and very compelling dynamic to the show. I think they’re going to bring in elements to the show that we’ve never really explored before and I think that’s exciting and something that’s going to change the game to a certain extent. I’m always very excited at how much this show evolves over time and changes season to season and these three characters are agent that very much changes the story and very much changes the direction of the show to a certain extent.

EW: How do you decide whether to make people look like they do in comic, or have them look completely different, like Bob Stookey?
KIRKMAN: It’s never done that way. All we ever do is we have the role, we know what we want to do with the character and then we cast them. If we can cast an actor that looks like the characters in the comics, great. But that’s not something we ever try to do. It’s just not possible to find the best actor for the role and somehow match them with the drawing that was done almost a decade ago. We always look for the best actor for the role, period. It would be an unrealistic endeavor to try to match the comic visually at all times.

EW: What about this new character named Gareth? What can you tell me about him?
KIRKMAN: Nothing.

EW: Okay, well, is there a new character named Gareth? [laughs]
KIRKMAN: ….Yes.

Read the full interview at Entertainment Weekly!

 

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Comments 8

  1. Bastet says:
    10 years ago

    A glimpse into Michonne’s past will be very intriguing!

    Reply
  2. Ashley Smith says:
    10 years ago

    [THEORETICAL SPOILERS] My prediction for season finale – Hilltop; final shot – arrival of the Saviours, just a glimpse of leather clad boots and baseball-bat wrapped in barbed-wire….

    Reply
    • Bastet says:
      10 years ago

      Thanks for Spoiler alert…even respectful enough to give one for a theoretical spoiler! And I love your theory!!

      Reply
      • Ashley George Smith says:
        10 years ago

        Thanks! Though it would mean skipping an awful lot of ‘on the road’ misery… but that wouldn’t be so bad in my opinion.

        Reply
  3. Bastet says:
    10 years ago

    I just “met” Abraham, Rosita, & Eugene last night (reading). I love Abraham right off the bat! Can’t wait to see him in the show!

    Reply
  4. Larry laps says:
    10 years ago

    Theory season return: I think Rick, and Carl will meet up with Abraham and the gang before anybody else. I also think the sanctuary will replace the church from the comics. Then I believe everyone will manage to meet up at the Sanctuary. Where the hunters will then, well you know, try to eat them. After that Eugene will inform everybody of D.C, and they will be heading towards D.C in the season finale.

    Reply
    • Gregarious Raptopoulos says:
      10 years ago

      I’m thinking Alexandria will be a season 4 finale cliffhanger, at which time we may or not hear the name Negan brought up. The group is split, so we will probably see episodes dealing with individual groups for the most part. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the first episode of season 4.2 focuses entirely on Rick and Carl, leaving us hanging on the fate of the rest of the survivors.

      Reply
  5. Jason Nunn says:
    10 years ago

    I was sure acouple weeks ago that we would see a teaser glimps of negan and washington, just like michonne and the prision at the end of season 2, but now I think not, I hope not anyways, I want to see all the things they went through on the way to dc, and I beleve that when robert says there are alot of hints in the first half of season 4, I duno if anyone eles caught someone watching to prison from the woods (not anyone from the governor’s camp because you never see them!), I beleve this happend twice, and the whole radio thing, I beleve it was teasing the fear the hunters story line, witch is the biggest and best storyline after the prision, and they have to tell that story!

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