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DuringWalking Dead: Dead City’spremiere at the 2023Tribeca Film Festivalon Tuesday, Morgan spoke to PEOPLE exclusively about who he would pick to face a real-life zombie apocalypse. But it was still a tough call for the 57-year-oldGrey’s Anatomyalum, who admittedly had a hard time choosing between his wifeHilarie Burtonand hisWalking DeadcostarsLauren CohanandNorman Reedus.
“I mean, it would be Norman, always, or my wife,” he pondered before making a final decision.
When it came down to it, the actor ultimately decided to forgo both Reedus and Burton. He instead opted for Cohan.
“I’m going to have to go with Lauren on this one,” Morgan laughed, admitting that his behind-the-scenes role played a part in his decision-making. “That’s an executive producer who answered that question.”
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Though Burton didn’t stack up against her husband’sDead Citycostar, she’s appeared in theWalking Deaduniverse as the late wife of Morgan’s character Negan. Burton’s character Lucille, whose name inspired the moniker of Negan’s signature weapon, died of cancer at the cusp of the zombie apocalypse.
Speaking about her experience filming the series, Burton shared onTwitter: “Been pretty hard to keep this a secret. But I love working with @JDMorgan.”
“I love watching him become #Negan and take on that swagger,” Burton continued while praising Morgan, who first appeared in the series in 2016. “And I love the @TheWalkingDead family. They’ve been a part of our family for ages and I’m so grateful for their kindness.”
AMC announced its new spinoff,The Walking Dead: Dead City, in March 2022. It was originally titledIsle of the Dead.
The six-episode limited series will see Negan and Maggie (Cohan) “traveling into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland,” a description from the network states. “The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.”
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The Walking Dead: Dead Citypremieres June 18 at 9 pm on AMC.
source: people.com
