Negan arrived in Alexandria this week onThe Walking Dead.
What was that like for you having to play that?
ANDREW LINCOLN:It was work.
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It’s all about sucking it up.
So it was unbearable.
I think that it was an astonishing kind of abuse.
He’s like, “No.
No, no, no, no.”
I rememberbeing there on setand the first thing I saw when I got there was you carrying Lucille.
I was like, “Oh, that can’t be good.”
Yeah, it just sucks.
I’m not going to lie to you, it’s been pretty bad.
Yeah, because he knows what the net result is.
It’s everybody dies if he takes that swing.
Rick’s smart enough to realize that if he does take that swing, everybody dies.
Not a good time.
Not the best timing.
He’s not done."
I think that, yeah, Spencer is difficult to love.
He’s hard to love, Spencer.
Is that something he’s finally admitting to himself, or just voicing aloud for the first time?
I think voicing it aloud.
I will take it."
It’s another perfect kind of quiet heroism.
It was hilarious because he was like, “No.
What… you… really?
And he took it all so perfect.
It was so Jon.
It was beautiful because it was almost like he wanted to replay his scene again.
He wanted to go back and reshoot the thing and I was like, “Dude, I know.
Come on… they… you know.”
We talked about it in the hiatus because it is very, very key.
It’s a huge revelation for the audience.
Well, it is, but it’s also a great secret.
He doesn’t voice it, but it’s there.
It’s in the air.
It’s very small and it’s great storytelling, I think, from Scott.
He’s just done it, and for his son.
He hasn’t told anybody that, you know?
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