Noman Reedus on Daryl and Carol’s Reunion on ‘The Walking Dead’
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Read no further if you haven’t seen Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead.” Spoilers below:
In addition to Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and the Alexandrians scaring up another ally in the fight against Negan, Sunday’s “The Walking Dead” marked a milestone: After, as Norman Reedus puts it, “like 85 years,” Daryl (Reedus) and Carol (Melissa McBride) finally reunited. Reedus called up Variety to discuss the episode.

問As you said, it feels like it’s been a few decades since Daryl and Carol were on screen together, even though it’s only been about 12 episodes. What was your first day back together like?
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諾曼回答
I remember reading the script and being like, “Yes! Finally!” This whole season I’ve been separated from everyone and finally I have been getting to be with everyone again. There are certain actors I’ve been with a while and totally trust and we have that rapport, we know it’s going to be good, and Melissa is one of them. We can throw rocks through windows and it’ll be great. It was like two kids on the first day of school.
I don’t even know if that hug was in the script. Our first rehearsal of that scene, everyone was crying. Everyone on set was waiting for that to happen. We were waiting for it to happen as much as everyone on the show was. Everyone was like, “F—, finally.”

問Why exactly did Daryl decide not to tell Carol about Glenn and Abraham’s deaths?
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諾曼回答
Daryl’s seen how far she’s gone to preserve something of her own life. If you lose yourself 100% what’s the point of anything. We’ve watched her leave and come back and kill and not kill. He’s seen her go through that, and it’s a very selfless act to tell her everyone was okay. She means more to him than anything else. He’s protecting her inside and outside.
It’s crazy because me, Norman, and Melissa are very close. We know each other really well. To do scenes like that, it can’t help but become personal. The first time we did that scene we started crying. Andy [Lincoln] and I have that too. We’ve seen each other go through these things for seven years. There are bonds that are real. She and I have that real connection. Steven [Yeun] and I had that connection.

問Talk to me about Daryl dealing with the trauma of what he had to go through. How does someone like Daryl cope?
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諾曼回答
The way Daryl deals with that is he buries it deep within himself and grits his teeth. He doesn’t wear his heart on his sleeve until he comes in contact with someone he cares about. Carol is one of those people. It’s interesting to watch someone try not to cry, and he’s trying not to cry like all the time. He’s always had to be tough. He had to hide it. When he comes across certain people, it starts to leak out, it’s just a flood. Mesissa is one of those people that comes and does that with me, actually.

問But he’s not quite back with the gang permanently.
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諾曼回答
He’s always hiding now. He can’t show up at Alexandria because they’ll kill everyone. Negan kind of wanted to adopt Daryl, keep him, and so now he will destroy everything trying to find Daryl. Now the group is back together and there is movement, but I can’t go, “Hey, I’m over here!” quite yet. But you’ll see.

問You also had a nice little moment with Shiva the tiger, too. Were you acting against a tennis ball or — ?
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諾曼回答
Sometimes it’s our special effects guy holding a tiger head and rolling around—he even gives you a little growl. Ever since I read there was a tiger, I was lobbying for a scene with it. Like, “You wouldn’t give me a dog, let me have a scene with the tiger!” It was great.

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The Walking Dead: Norman Reedus on that big Daryl–Carol reunion
Reunited and it feels so good… at least as good as anything can feel in the zombie apocalypse. Daryl and Carol were back together, although not for long. Daryl was finally alerted to Carol’s presence after Richard brought him in on a plan to frame Carol for the killing of some Saviors, leading to retaliation that would result in Carol’s death and spur Ezekiel into action.
Daryl reacted to that plan by busting up Richard’s face. He then found Carol’s cottage, yet had a big choice to make — tell her the truth about all the folks Negan had killed, or allow her to stay out the fray by telling her everything was just hunky dory. He chose option number two. We asked star Norman Reedus all about Daryl’s lie, finding a furry new friend, leaving the Kingdom, and what’s next. Read on for more on all that, plus his thoughts on missing out on all the big action scenes the past two weeks. (Also make sure to read our episode Q&As with Andrew Lincoln and new cast addition, Pollyanna McIntosh.)

問ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: We talked a while back about how great it was for you to get to work with Andrew Lincoln again after some time apart. What was it like getting to work with Melissa McBride again for the big Daryl and Carol reunion here?
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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:
It was great. We missed each other this whole time. Me and Andy missed each other, but me and Melissa missed each other too. It’s weird. She and I talk when we’re not filming and we’re like “How are you?” It’s f—ing bizarre! So it’s hard and it’s a bittersweet reunion. We enjoy it, but we don’t enjoy being apart. And that goes for a lot of us. There are certain characters where as soon as they start going, we start bawling. It’s kind of silly. But she’s definitely one of those for me.

問And the big question out of that scene that people are going to have is: Why does Daryl lie to her when she asks if Negan
hurt anybody?
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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:
Because she needs to hear that. She’s going through her own thing and there’s a reason why she separated herself and doesn’t want to be a killer anymore. And she’s losing herself, and I think Daryl realizes that. It’s a very selfless act. He tells her what she needs to hear to keep going. He does it for her.

問Yeah, you see those wheels turning in Daryl’s head a bit where he’s figured out how to respond and I guess he figures she can’t handle that information now?
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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:
I think she can totally handle it. It’s just not what she needs. Everyone’s path is their individual path, and she needs to be away from it because she’s losing herself and that world, when your whole life is changed and your whole world is changed and the dynamics have changed, and you start to lose yourself — then what’s the point, you know? So I think that he realizes that she needs to hold on to something. She’s been working towards it and it’s been hard for her, and he sees how hard it is for her to even make the choice to do what she’s doing now. And selflessly, he tells her what she needs to hear because he cares about her and doesn’t want to drag her into something that she doesn’t want to be a part of.
問Daryl is supposed to stay at the Kingdom because it’s the safest place where Negan won’t find him, but he doesn’t. Why is he finally like, I’m out of here?
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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:Did you see the part where I beat the s— out of that guy?
訪問者回Oh yes, I did!
NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:Yeah, I punched that guy like 50 times! I don’t know how many they left in there, but I beat him up for, like, a good 10 minutes. I was hoping for the full 10 minutes, but I don’t know how much made it.
訪問者回Not 10 minutes, but you get a few good punches in, no question.
NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:All right, good.

問Is that the moment where Daryl is like, this place is not for me?
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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:
It’s a different thing, because they need the numbers. They need these people to fight Negan. But at the same time, he’s not going to let him sacrifice her for that job. You’re going to have to find another way, you know?
問So what is it that causes Daryl to finally leave the Kingdom at the end of the episode?
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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:
He’s just done. He’s going to do it himself. The thing about Daryl is, he’s loyal to one group, and it’s hard for him to stay behind and stay behind and stay behind. He’s just had enough. He’s got to figure out a way to do this where it works for everybody, but also he’s not going to take anything away from his family.

問And he gives Morgan the task of getting the Kingdom folks on board, but Daryl seems kind of done with Morgan at this point too, or at least Morgan’s philosophy, and is telling him to get his head in the game.
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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:
Yeah, that mindset has got to go. I mean, I get it — whaa, whaa, whaa — but c’mon, dude, we need you! And he’s the only person that has Ezekiel’s ear. He’s the only person that Ezekiel really trusts. Rick gives Daryl that job to stare him into submission and all that stuff, but it’s just not going to happen. We need Morgan to do it and Morgan needs to step up.
問I know you’ve wanted Daryl to have a dog on the show for a while. Let me ask you something: What about a tiger?
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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:
[Laughs.] You don’t understand, as soon as we heard there was going to be a tiger coming, that’s all I campaigned for! Can I have a moment with the tiger? Can the tiger like me? Can I be friends with the tiger? It was ridiculous. They were like, “Stop, already!”

問So they basically wrote that scene because you kept badgering them?
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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:
Probably! Pretty soon that tiger is going to be my love interest if I have my way. Me and the tiger will walk off into the sunset and come back with kittens!
問They’re going to have to give you two a combined couple name like Sharyl or Diva.
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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:
Right! I can’t even say it. Like Shivaryl? I don’t even know.
問Did you come on set that day to watch Andy fight the junkyard pit walker?
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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:
Hell yeah, dude! I didn’t even work that day and I flew in just to watch that stuff. It was great! And the guy Gino who played that guy, he’s one of [Greg Nicotero’s] right-hand men and does special effects on the show, and he did such a good job. It was really hot that day and he couldn’t see anything and he’s covered in spikes and there’s garbage everywhere and they’re falling into it and they’re dumping garbage on his head. Hats off to Gino, because he pulled that off. That was a great day. It was very Mad Max. It was awesome.

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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:
There are certain scenes where you’re like, “Oh, man. Can I be in that?!” That was one of them. Cutting the zombies in half with the wire and the two cars, I was like “Oh, man. Do I have to stay back while you guys go do that?’ Like, c’mon!
問That’s why you’re leaving the Kingdom now, because you’re missing all the fun.
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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:Exactly!
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NORMAN REEDUS諾曼回答:
He wants revenge. He’s got tunnel vision right now. He wants to kill people. He wants to fight and get this over with to get rid of these bad guys. He’s ready to go. He’s got the family back together and he’s ready to kick ass.