Fans of The Walking Dead have known for some time now that the character Jesus is homosexual within the confines of the comic book’s universe. On the TV series however, we’ve not seen that addressed just yet.
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ComicBook.com recently spoke to actor Tom Payne who plays Jesus on screen, and asked whether or not his sexuality will play a part in the show moving forward.
Payne replied: “Yeah, [he] will be [gay on the show as well]. I can’t tell you how that might be addressed in the show or how it would come across, but yeah. Essentially he is the same as he is [in] the comic books in that regard.”
Despite that, Payne’s unsure as to whether or not his pre-apocalypse life will be explored on the show.
He said: “I’m not sure there are [talks about doing it] right now, but I would obviously love that in the same way that Morgan had his episode. Kirkman talked about that in the last comic book as well, because someone brought it up and then they were talking how Negan had his one, and how it would be cool to give Jesus his own one.
“But at the same time, I kind of like the mystery behind it and I like people coming up with their own theories and their own reasoning for how he became the guy that he is. I think it’s a very interesting story, but they’re probably not [going] to explore it for a while.”
The Walking Dead continues Sundays in the US on AMC and Mondays in the UK on FOX.
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