{"id":32477,"date":"2015-11-10T16:04:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T23:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=32477"},"modified":"2019-03-06T15:24:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T23:24:39","slug":"jeffrey-dean-morgan-cast-as-negan-on-the-walking-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/jeffrey-dean-morgan-cast-as-negan-on-the-walking-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Dean Morgan Lands Pivotal Role for Seasons 6 and 7 of The Walking Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last season, The Walking Dead<\/strong><\/em><\/a> star Andrew Lincoln<\/strong> told The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a> “there are astonishingly brilliant and thrilling characters that I am convinced we would be idiots not to meet in our journey; I would be very surprised if we don’t see Negan on the horizon in the not-too-distant future.”<\/p>\n

Now it’s finally coming true!<\/p>\n

The violent villain Negan has officially been cast and Jeffrey Dean Morgan<\/strong> will be the one to play him.<\/p>\n

First introduced in the 100th issue of Robert Kirkman’s comic series, he became the big bad when he killed Glenn (whose TV fate is still undecided) with “Lucille,” a baseball bat covered in barbed wire. He’s still alive as of issue #145.<\/p>\n

A lot of names popped up in the casting process of Negan, but Morgan landed the role and I think he’s a great choice. He’s done violent and villainous before and he has the physique and dastardly roughness to pull off a character who “makes David Morrissey’s Governor look like a fluffy bunny.”<\/p>\n

Fans have been upset over the series possibly changing Glenn’s death. Does casting Negan confirm Glenn isn’t actually dead?<\/p>\n

“That’s one of those questions that, any way that I answer, could spoil five different parts of the story,” Scott M. Gimple,<\/strong> the showrunner said. “But I hope to show<\/em> you. We will be showing it. You will be learning the answer to that question as you watch. If I were to answer it now, I would wind up revealing all sorts of stuff from different directions. The lame way of saying it is: You’ll have to see.”<\/p>\n

Negan is set to appear in the Season 6 finale and then become a series regular in Season 7.<\/p>\n

The Walking Dead<\/em> currently airs Sunday at 9 pm on AMC.<\/p>\n

Are you excited to see Negan? Do you think Jeffrey Dean Morgan will do well in the role? And does this mean Glenn’s alive? Sound off in the comments!<\/p>\n

Source: The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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