Walking dead fans react to glenns death on twitter with. Lauren cohan explains glenns final words on the walking. Was glenn s violent death on the walking dead too much. The batesville daily guard, an arkansas newspaper, published the perfect obituary for the walking dead s glenn rhee following the beloved characters shocking, gruesome death on the season 7.
Did the walking dead pull a glenn with andrew lincolns final episode. The walking dead bosses explain cliffhanger finale collider. He is the main supply runner for the atlanta survivor camp and he saved rick grimes from walkerinfested atlanta, bringing him back to his camp to reunite him with his family. Two years after his character glenn rhee died on the walking dead, steven yeun still talks to his former costars.
The walking deads most evil villains, a definitive. Walking dead character death has fans out for scott m. In other words, the show sent us through one fakeout dumpster death last season and one massive cliffhanger over the summer just to add more tension towell, exactly what fans expected would happen all along on top of that. You know the drill if the episode remains on your todo list, bail now. Could glenn s death be the moment when the walking dead has jumped the zombie and begins to decline in quality and viewership. Furthermore, part of the backlash against glenn s apparent death comes from diehard comics fans who are upset that the series would remix negans first appearance and glenn. Given that fakeout, many fans will be surprised by the events in the comic book. Glenn is one of the characters that never killed a living human in the comics. Fans of the show were shocked when glenn died but the exec producer says it had to happen that way.
That set the precedent in the original source material. The walking deads danai gurira on playing michonne and. Walking dead exec producer says he stands by glenn s death and talks backlash. Fans of the walking dead comic books know him as a baseballbatcarrying maniac who commits one of the most disturbingly violent acts in the. Steven yeun speaks about glenn s fate on the walking dead. The natural response to some of the backlash has been, what show did you think you were watching. The walking dead season 7 premiere left fans wondering what comes next for maggie. The walking dead compendium volume 1 kirkman, robert, adlard, charlie. The day will come when you wont be is the seventh season premiere of the postapocalyptic horror television series the walking dead. Kirkman is the guy who offed glenn in issue 100 of the walking dead comic book. Glenn rhee is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in amcs the walking dead.
This story contains spoilers for season 8 of the walking dead. Glenns death is reminiscent of his death in the comic book series, where he is killed in. After last nights controversial ending to its extended finale, the walking dead suffered a ton of backlash. The walking dead producers claim they did not tone down violence due to backlash. The penultimate episode of the walking dead season 10 just set up a gruesome comic book death that will happen in the finale. The creative minds behind the series defend their decision to keep rick grimes alive. This article contains spoilers for the day will come when you wont be, the first episode of the. In the context of the walking dead comic books from robert kirkman and charlie adlard, its even more menacing, as it speaks to rositas eventual death. Glenn s death in the walking dead comic books is more disgusting than you could possibly imagine. The walking deads negan story has betrayed what made the show.
Walking dead exec producer says he stands by glenns. The following story contains a massive spoiler about sundays walking dead. Yeun also talked about the challenges of keeping his characters death a secret for so long. Walking dead fans were left reeling on sunday night after glenn appeared to be eaten alive. The 5 most wtf moments in the walking deads season 7. The walking dead season 7 abraham and glenns death. Amcs the walking dead shocked fans on sunday night with the unexpected and, if youre a fan of robert kirkmans comic books, premature death of steven yeuns glenn rhee, and the. While the show had to weather highprofile behind the scenes drama in the early years.
Up until his death in issue 100, glenn had more appearances in the series than every character aside from rick. By now, youve probably either seen or read what happened on the walking dead season 7 premiere but if you have stumbled here by accident, there are. The walking dead star steven yeun says it wasnt hard filming glenn s death steven yeun takes us behind the scenes of one of 2016s most controversial and anticipated tv. Former walking dead star michael traynor was told fans fing hate him and suffered other forms of backlash when his character, cowardly alexandria survivor nicholas, emerged as an antagonist. The walking dead takes an unexpected turn the new york times.
The walking dead star suffered backlash after glenn incident. Yeun, lauren cohan, and the rest of the walking dead family took fans behindthescenes of the bloody, brutal season 7 premiere, including the meaning behind glenn s heartbreaking final words. Negan killing glenn in the walking dead comic books reminder. It looked like the walking dead might have decided to completely change up the comic book s most iconic and gamechanging moment by letting glenn live through negans introduction. Walking dead negan jeffrey dean morgan hollywood reporter. Newspaper publishes obituary for the walking deads glenn. In the comics, he is known simply as glenn and was not given a last name.
Dead, bernthal has portrayed an even more prominent comic book. In both forms of media, glenn is a young pizza delivery boy from atlanta who is separated from his family after the zombie outbreak and joins a group of survivors led by rick grimes. Spoilers for the season finale last day on earth below. Anyone could appreciate this fans of the tv show, comic book fans, zombie fans. Amcs the walking dead is no stranger to killing off characters and seeing. The walking dead star andrew lincoln regrets the gory demise of glenn. Glenn rhee is a fictional character from the comic book series the walking dead and is portrayed by steven yeun in the amc television series of the same name. The walking dead sees glenn get eaten alive but is he. Was glenns violent death on the walking dead too much. The walking dead 6x16 negans introduction rick meets negan duration.