‘The Walking Dead’ franchise is a big banner with films, games and series under its name. The latest project of the lot is ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’, a 2023 series that was released on the AMC network. It is the fifth spin-off series in the franchise, wherein Norman Reedus reprises his role as the titular character Daryl Dixon.
Reedus has been playing Daryl Dixon for almost 15 years starting from the original series. The actor clearly loves his role a bit too much, and he has reiterated it as he revealed that he would play the character for “maybe six or seven more years”. This is exciting news for fans ahead of the release of season 2. Here’s what he said.
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Norman Reedus Wants To Reinvent ‘The Walking Dead’ Franchise
After a successful season one, AMC is ready to return with season 2 of ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’. As fans highly anticipate the return with a second season, star Norman Reedus also opened up about wanting to play the character for a longer time.
While in conversation with Mr. Feelgood, he said, “The Daryl Dixon spin-off has given me an opportunity to take the show in a direction that’s different to the original show. The ‘Blade 2’ star continued,“I didn’t want to make the same show again in a different location. I wanted to reinvent it. And they let me, with the other like-minded people involved, invent something new.” Reedus continued, “So it feels fresh to me. It’s in a different language.”
Speaking about the show, Reedus added, “It’s shot a different way. It’s not really about zombies, and who’s going to get bit this week, it’s completely different. So as long as I keep reinventing it, it’s fun.”
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Norman Reedus Talks About Shooting In Paris
In the AMC series, Daryl finds himself mysteriously washed up at the shores of France, the origin of the zombie virus. He struggles to piece together how he got there and also find a way home. Norman Reedus shared his experience of filming in Paris for the first time.
“We went to Paris, and we didn’t want to make an American show and drop it in a European country, not have it reflect anything of the place that we were filming it at,” Reedus explained.
Reedus said that they wanted to add the French twist so that the people there also liked it. “So we wanted the French people to look at it and feel like it was their show, too. And it worked. French people love the show. So I’m excited for them to see season two,” he said. Season 2 of the series is set to return in September 2024. The next season will also feature Melissa McBride’s Carol.
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