There’s no denying that The Walking Dead is one of television’s most popular shows, despite its recent slump in ratings following an extremely chaotic and violent opening to the series’ seventh season. Whilst there will always be a divide in the viewers who are happy with what’s being presented and those who expect more from the creators, it’s rare you hear criticism from the cast who are actually a part of the show. Actor Lennie James, who plays Morgan in the series is happy to call out how “horrible” it was to film during season 7, however.
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Speaking to NME, the actor spoke about filming season 7 and explained: “(It was) horrible, just horrible – I swear to God, horrible. But it was the same for everybody. Everyone’s had more time off this season than they’ve ever had, but it’s horrible. I hated it, and I complained about it – and I’m not a complainer – every day.
“’How you doing Lennie?’ I hate it! ‘You want tea or coffee?’ I hate it! It was horrible, because you just didn’t see anybody. And because we filmed The Kingdom in a completely different area to where they were filming Alexandria, the Hilltop, or the Saviors, it meant that no one was close to each other.”
Elaborating a little more, James recalled a conversation he had with showrunner Scott M Gimple, in which he said: “’I see what you’re doing, I respect what you’re doing, but don’t ever do this to me again because I hate it.’”
The Walking Dead is currently on a break, and returns to screens in the US on February 12, broadcasting on AMC. It returns to the UK a day later on FOX.
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