First, we were given clues onThe Walking Dead.
Then, they took Rick Grimes away.
What did they want?
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Where did they get that helicopter?
What’s with the three rings?
And what the hell is an A and a B?
So many questions about this mysterious new group.
“And that will continue into season 2.
We just learn more and more about them, and how they operate.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: WhereWalking Deadshows start off is not necessarily where they end up.
So we’ll see whereWorld Beyondgoes.
We know we’re at least starting in Nebraska.
There are bigger cities potentially that are still standing here, or at least portions of cities.
That was the thing that was intriguing.
We can’t really get too much into that, but Nebraska just seemed like it was right.
Smack dab in the middle.
Season 1’s pretty much quest-based.
There’s a goal there that’s very much quest-based, and they have a specific destination in mind.
I will say that season 2, it’s less of a quest.
They know where they’re going and they pretty much get there.
It’s about what happens once they get there.
So that’s one of the distinguishing factors pretty much between season 1 and season 2.
You’re well familiar with the CRM group, having worked onThe Walking Dead.
How big a part of this story is that group?
The story couldn’t exist without them, I’m going to put it like that.
They’re very mysterious.
As we will see in the pilot, they don’t say a lot about themselves.
It’s a little tenuous, because this organization is so secret.
We just learn more and more about them, and how they operate.
I could write monologues for her.
Just hearing her voice as I write these words, and she just makes them sing.
So I am looking forward to do ramping back up production for season 2 and working with her again.
Will anyWalking DeadorFear the Walking Deadcharacters show up in season 1 ofWorld Beyond?
Okay, I will say in totality in the series, never say never.
There will be references that may imply that certain characters have maybe crossed paths, potentially.
“Never say never” is the short version of the long answer.
And sometimes they can look a little different too.
There’s a little bit of a different vibe.
There’s one empty in episode 2, it literally made me gag.
I was dry heaving, just from the sketches that Greg Nicotero and his team put together.
I have this thing, and my assistant Anna has it too, where holes in nature disgust you.
Trypophobia is what it’s called.
We were in Richmond.
And she showed me at the stoplight.
And I was like, “What’s wrong?”
And there were wasps living inside it, essentially.
It just triggered this thing I have.
I would say to look for maximum disgust in empties, but there are some good memes coming up.
So I’m excited for people to see them.
How much of a threat are they?
So how much are the zombies the threat, and how much of it is something else?
It’s definitely a combination of both.
I would say in season 1, it’s maybe 50-50.
And they’re using methods that are pretty much new to them.
It’s one thing to watch Daryl and Michonne and Carol onThe Walking Dead.
It’s secondhand to them.
It’s like they could almost do it in their sleep.
I can barely cut broccoli.
This is where our characters are at.
So if there’s a flesh-eating person walking towards me, that’s a scary thing.
So that makes them very much a threat.
And they’re also some human threats as well that our group will come across in season.
So yeah, they got it coming at them from all sides, pretty much.
What was filming in Richmond like?
It’s a great little city, and it was just hot.
It’s a lot like Georgia.
It’s very humid.
As a result, they were just sweating nonstop, and I felt so bad for them.
By the time we were shooting the last episode, we were doing night shoots outdoors.
And the second-to-last night, it was 23 degrees.
And we were just outdoors, exposed the entire time.
And I just lost feelings in all my extremities.
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