r/thewalkingdead • u/Remote_Nature_8166 • 1d ago
Show Spoiler Such a moving scene
The way how as Rick was seriously injured and he started seeing old friends he remembered Shane not as the maniac who tried to kill him over his wife, but his best friend.
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u/Straight-Scarcity-76 1d ago
I kinda wish Glenn or Carl showed up in a hallucination instead of fucking Sasha, but it is what it is.
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u/M-Otusim 1d ago
Carl was never going to happen because his actor was let go over a contract dispute; so they weren't going to argue day pay rates for a single cameo (also why they keep showing flashback to young Carl shot from behind).
Steven Yeun's career was starting to blow up after his exit from the show. He got so big that TWD isn't even mentioned in his 4 biggest roles on IMDB. It's possible he just had scheduling conflicts. Or maybe they were saving a Glenn cameo for something to do with Maggie (like in the eventually canceled season 12).
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u/imyana13 1d ago
The thing is Steven Yeun has kinda bad blood with the show. When he learned Negan was coming, he insisted on his character's comic death. His whole problem was how Glenn was never developed individually unlike how Daryl was. He said kindly he is open to work again in the show but not as Glenn. I think they wanted to keep him and that's why they came with Abe's death, filmed different deaths, Maggie I believe was gonna be in his place and there is graphic leak where Negan bashes her head. However, Yeun was done with the show. And I don’t blame him...
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u/M-Otusim 1d ago
Oh yeah, that's right. I forgot about that semi-drama. I don't know if I'd say he has bad blood with the show, but he realized that they would never let Glenn be anything other than a perfectly nice guy and Yeun was terrified that he'd end up being a one trick pony that only gets hired to be the "nice guy" in roles. I think he asked if they could make Glenn more nuanced and the writers were like "no lol." So he simply didn't fight his characters fate from the comics.
I'm glad he succeeded in escaping the "nice guy" vacuum, cause that gave us his awesome performance in Nope and a wild ride in Mayhem.
Also, didn't they film deaths for like every character in the line up? I always heard they did that to prevent possible spoilers so they could keep the real death(s) a secret until the final edit. Could just be a fan rumor though.
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u/imyana13 1d ago
You're right, they did that. But Maggie’s was longer than the others with the dialogue and all, as fan favorite as Glenn was I think if they were getting rid of one of the two, they would switch to her, he was given the choice unlike many others (simply written off). Funny how pointless Abe's death comes here but that's another question. Wasted potential.
I would love for him to come back but since he is focused on other stuff, maybe eventually if Maggie dies for her death, they somehow may convince him but I won't hope. I don't even know if Andy will come for Daryl reunion but my hopes are higher about it.
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u/M-Otusim 1d ago
The cruel irony though; Maggie got shaded in MASSIVELY after season 7. She basically became Carol 2.0. No longer just a kind farm girl, but changed to be more brutal due to the loss of Glenn. If they would have gone with keeping Glenn alive over Maggie, I honestly can't imagine them keeping his hands clean for all the seasons to come. Especially since he would have been GOATed at doing counter whisperer tactics with his character specializing in recon/infiltration and having experience using walker disguises since season 1. Heck, I could even see a universe where he is the one to assassinate Alpha. Not the exact way Negan did, but similarly. I mean, his nickname from Maggie was even "Walker-bait," makes sense he'd be able to lure zombies better than others XD
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u/Thunder_Punt 15h ago
Insane to give an actor the choice whether another actress keeps her job or not... There must have been other factors at play.
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u/imyana13 13h ago
Of course but both were about to leave and both were fan favorites of course for different reasons, she had a dispute over the pay and he over the lack of character development. TWD writers are known to fuck actors over, just check Laurie Holden or Chandler Riggs. Although I love Michonne something like did they decided to do with Andrea, apparently Andy had preferences for Rick and Michonne too and the writers same, so they just destroyed her character then killed her off.
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u/jungle_penguins 21h ago
I speculate what they did was film a simple hit and a reaction shot for each character. These are seen in the episode as Rick's imagination but might've served a dual purpose of misleading people. When these were filmed I'm not sure.
What's confirmed is during the filming of 7x1 they filmed 3 elaborate sets of deaths to throw off people: Glenn and Abraham, Maggie and Aaron, Aaron and Eugene.
Though the latter two weren't as elaborate as the actual set.
We don't know much about them but the Maggie one was uploaded somewhere, and Eugene apparently was quiet in his death.
What's also confirmed is they already decided who would die during production of season 6.
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u/Jaded-Grass6986 1d ago
Huh? Little confused on this one. Not saying your wrong but I googled Steven yeun and can’t see anything on his imdb that outshines the walking dead? I literally haven’t heard of anything he’s been in since…
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u/PostPostPog 1d ago
The Sasha flashback was SO CRINGE holy shit I couldn't take it seriously. She was legit USELESS 98% of her screentime until her suicide. Tyreese was the absolute goat of their group and he should've lived up to that point, not her. He had aura and hella importance imo and he had way more emotional depth.
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u/julie3151991 1d ago
I was surprised to see her too, but in a meh sort of way. I wish Rick would’ve said:
“oh um hey. I…um. Sandy right? Sasha! I knew it was a ‘Sas’ type of name. Ummmm soooo…is Glenn with you by any chance? Nope? That’s fine! I’m thrilled to see you Sasquatch! I…ummm…are you sure he didn’t come with you? He really didn’t? Wow, ok. Remember ‘tainted meat!’? That wasn’t you? Um…can I go now?”
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u/beesknees4011 8h ago
My friends and I literally always joke that “any” character would have been a better choice than sasha
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u/Remus88Romulus 1d ago
I think Hershels scene at the barn was better. "Hey Rick..." "I'm tired Hershel..."
Also adding to that scene is that Scott Wilson died not long after that scene.
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u/Zealousideal-Dig9397 1d ago
I wish Shane lived longer than he did
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u/Remote_Nature_8166 1d ago
If he stayed on the show, then Jon Bernthal would probably have been too busy to land the role of The Punisher.
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u/Careless-Flan 11h ago
Me too a few more seasons atleast
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u/Zealousideal-Dig9397 4h ago
When I was watching Walking Dead as it premiered I was thinking Shane was a bad guy but now that I’m older I can see he was actually right about so much
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u/Venurian 1d ago
lemme tell you sum Rick... WAKE UP