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Walking Dead Cast Member Asked To Leave Show With Darabont, Then Changed Their Mind

Published Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:38:26 -0600

Last updated Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:40:37 -0600

This is one of those stories that comes from "moles" and "insider sources", and therefore should be taken with a pinch of salt if not the whole shaker. Some of you may remember that series creator and lead writer Frank Darabont was fired from The Walking Dead midway through season 2. A lot of people were upset, and that included people working on the show.

According to TVLine, one of the cast members was so upset by Darabont's dismissal that they requested to be released from their contract. Eventually their wish was granted, but by that point the cast member had changed their mind and decided they wanted to stay.

One of these "insider sources" insists that despite the change of heart, their character is still going to be dismissed via zombie (or some other equally unpleasant way of dying) now that they're no longer protected by contract. The big question, then, is which cast member was ballsy enough ask to leave with Frank, only to backslide later and decide they wanted to stay?

Unless it's Norman Reedus I honestly couldn't care less. If The Walking Dead changed its title to the Daryl Dixon Zombie Killing Half Hour I would probably enjoy it a lot more. Otherwise I'm off to play some Left 4 Dead and cement my title as Queen of the Headshot.

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