Have you been infected by the zombie craze yet?
We've been drooling and noshing on brains since The Walking Dead premiered back on Halloween, but we took a break from that important work to chat with TWD star Andrew Lincoln (Sheriff Rick Grimes), and here's what we learned exclusively about the show's phenomenal success and the season's upcoming and devastating last episode, "TS-19."
Icks Are for Kids: TWD isn't approved for all audiences, so we had to ask Andrew how its gory content affects its amazing child star. "Chandler Riggs [Rick's son, Carl] is a great, great actor, an incredibly talented boy," he gushed. "You do have a concern—we were doing a night shoot when the attack was happening in episode four, and there were a couple of times where I said, 'Are you OK with all of this?' but he loves it. He loves the comic book. He can't wait to go shooting guns and all getting all involved. So rest assured that it's all right—I think that he's more excited than we are. We're a bit more flinching than some of the children. But it is an ongoing concern because the subject matter is extremely grown up—but because of the intensity of the emotional scenes that we have to play out, you really get this incredible bond with everyone."
Don't miss your chance to bond with The Walking Dead! The AMC marathon begins at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, concluding with the finale at 10 p.m.
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