How did you feel about Dale's death?
Holden: It was heartbreaking. I didn't know it was coming until a script was delivered to my trailer and I was leafing through it and came to that scene and literally I had the reaction like it was real, like someone I really loved died. I burst into tears and ran out of my trailer and went to my various coworkers and said, "Have you read this? Is this true? Is this true?" I was pretty bereft, I have to admit, for many reasons. To begin with, I love Jeff DeMunn and I enjoyed every moment of working with him. I've done two other movies with him and the third time's a charm. I feel so blessed to have had that experience. But also, I love the Dale-Andrea dynamic and I felt like we had so much more story to explore together and it was cut a bit short.
Were you surprised about his death since Andrea and Dale eventually got into a relationship in the comics?
Holden: Yeah, because that was always the plan, but it's no secret that the television show does veer off from the graphic novel and it was a creative decision that [executive producers] Glen Mazzara and Robert Kirkman came up with and stood behind. It made sense in terms of story and how we're moving forward.
Last year you mentioned that you were excited for the Dale-Andrea relationship and said that the show was going to honor the comics in that regard. At the time, did you think they were going down that path?
Holden: Absolutely. Absolutely. This tough thing about our show is that we have to remind ourselves it is a zombie apocalypse, that the rules change, that any character can go at any time and sometimes there are going to be deviations from the source material. This just happened to be the one character I never expected it to happen to.
Source: Full interview @ TV Guide
The Walking Dead - Laurie Holden on Recent TWD Death
11 Mar 2012
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So glad they're not going down the Dale/Andrea path. I hate both of them and the relationship would have been a little gross.
ReplyDeleteIt's no secret that Jeff DeMunn was the one that wanted off the show when Darabont was fired. It's a shame if they had wanted to go down that path, but was cut short by behind the scenes politics. It's great that there is the comics to fall back on with such a great character, and the fact that the show can veer away from those storylines whenever it wants, does keep it interesting.
ReplyDeleteI don't know. There was also this guy Sam Wittwer, who was pissed because when Frank was fired, he didn't get to do the prequel Frank planned.
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