'Daryl' Norman Reedus explains why The Walking Dead is 'alive' after 10 years of broadcast

On the occasion of Halloween 10 years ago, AMC aired the first episode of The Walking Dead - a new wind of horror fiction film, taking the theme of post-apocalypse with the zombie epidemic in the US. This series quickly became a phenomenon in the world drama series and attracted millions of viewers worldwide.

However, the decline in the script during the 7th and 8th movie season made many fans decide to turn away from The Walking Dead. Scores on reputable review sites such as IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes are also surprisingly low. At one point, audiences even thought that The Walking Dead was 'dead', and that AMC should stop producing this series to focus more on other projects.

Yet the truth is quite the opposite. The Walking Dead continued to return with two seasons and quickly asserted its position on the review sites mentioned above. With the movie circuit accelerated, the climax of the well-constructed climates helped the horror of the first seasons return. And that means that fans are no longer struggling to give up movies like before.

But that's not all the reason The Walking Dead 'lives longer' to this day after a decade of broadcast. Recently, actor Norman Reedus, playing Daryl Dixon, commented that: ' It is the screenwriters who helped the undead to survive now, because they always know how to introduce new character lines, new stories. in the smoothest way. When I first joined this series, I was still a 'smooth-haired man', now my hair is stubbornly everywhere. It can be said that the audience witnessed Daryl's spectacular change, from an aggressive guy, ready to plunge into battle with you, gradually becoming someone you can trust. Daryl never lied, and he said he would . '

After 10 seasons, The Walking Dead has gone through many different stories, and the main character line has reached dozens of people (including the rest and those who left the show). In particular, Norman is one of the only two people who have remained with the Zombies family since the first season, and also appeared in the most episodes, surpassing Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes). Witnessing the rise and fall of the series, he felt that: ' I (and the audience) have grown up with this character. Daryl has found his family - people he will surely never mind if the post-apocalypse doesn't happen . '

Aside from the script and the character he plays, Norman also said that an indispensable spice that helps The Walking Dead exist for a decade is a constant change. The actor shared, ' Like a virus, we have to constantly change and adapt to our surroundings, especially whenever we go to new lands. This series is interesting because the characters will not be allowed to stay in one place for too long. They always have to act, always be alert, always have to move, and always have to change '.

Although based on Robert Kirkman's comic book of the same name, the script of The Walking Dead has been very different so far. Even Daryl is one of the characters created by AMC but not in the story, and now he has become an irreplaceable soul that helps Zombies continue to conquer fans around the world. It was these changes that made The Walking Dead contain many unexpected details that even the people who plowed through Robert's series could not anticipate it.

Currently, The Walking Dead season 10 has to suspend the broadcast of the last episode because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, making post-production face a lot of difficulties. However, AMC said this episode will definitely be released later this year, and also confirmed that they are working on writing the script for season 11, which is scheduled to air at the end of next year.