Andrew Lincoln thinks ‘The Walking Dead’ “over-egged the omelette” for one character’s death

The Walking Dead star Andrew Lincoln has suggested that the brutal death of beloved character Glenn Rhee (Steven Yeun) may have been over the top.

In a recent interview with Empire, Lincoln said the post-apocalyptic show may have “over-egged the omelet” with that particular death, which stood out as one of the series’ more gruesome deaths.

Glenn, who was a fan favourite character, met his violent demise in the premiere episode of season 7. Making a point to Lincoln’s Rick Grimes, new villain Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) killed Glenn by repeatedly smashing his head in with a barbed-wire wrapped baseball bat.

“I do still think [Glenn’s death] might have been when we over-egged the omelet,” Lincoln said. “Maybe it was lingering too much.”

Filming it was among “the most intense nights of shooting I’ve ever been part of,” he added, before noting the irony that Negan actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan is “one of the nicest guys you’re ever going to meet.

“He had to do this extraordinary monologue on his first day at work, and everybody was on their knees and weeping when they weren’t on camera,” Lincoln said. “[Morgan] came over and went, ‘Is this normal?’ I went, ‘Yeah, everybody just keeps going.’ It was an extraordinary night.”

While the main series has ended, Lincoln has since returned to the franchise for the new spin-off The Ones Who Live, alongside Danai Gurira as Michonne. This show follows the couple after the events of the original show.

Elsehwere, fellow TWD actor Norman Reedus recently paid tribute after Seven, his canine companion on series, passed away.

The news of the dog actor’s death was announced on the show’s official social media channels, with an Instagram post reading: “Rest in peace, Seven. TWD’s best boy.”

Reedus also took to his Instagram Stories to share the news, writing: “Gonna miss u Seven. Best tv buddy ever.”

Seven’s “Dog” character was first introduced in The Walking Dead as a companion of Lynn Collins’ Leah. After Leah vanishes in Season 10, Reedus’ Daryl ends up finding and adopting the canine, naming him simply “Dog”.

Dog survived to the very end of the show and was last seen in the series finale of The Walking, which aired in 2022. Daryl last saw his companion when he left to search for Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira), with Judith (Cailey Fleming) promising to look after the pooch for him.

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