#was watching that episode of Ride where Norman and Jeffrey go to london

[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

gonna be so real, as an English bastard I don't understand when people are like "england is one of the most beautiful places on earth!!" like yeah ok. Fields and woods and little villages are always nice. But have you been literally anywhere else? Americans, you've SEEN America right? You've seen gigantic redwoods and lakes the grand canyon right?

[mymanreedus]

Madhouse Magazine:  You mentioned Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead) is your son-in-law. As I was doing research, I just discovered this. It’s my favorite show and I had no idea. Are you a fan of the show? Do you watch it every week? Ian Anderson:  That's exactly what I was asked last Friday by Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan on The Walking Dead), "Do you watch the show?" We were filming an episode of Norman Reedus's (Daryl on The Walking Dead) program called Ride. Jeffrey and Norman and Andy were all at our place. We were riding bikes around the farm in the rain and getting very muddy and wet. Then we were sitting having some take away Indian food being filmed by a 20 strong film crew. Jeffrey said. "Do you watch The Walking Dead?" I said, "I go back, unlike you ... I go back to episode one series one. Not only did I see it, but I was there when that first episode was being filmed because I happened to be doing a show in Atlanta that night. We went out and watched the early very opening scenes that my son-in-law shot in episode one of The Walking Dead. Then we saw the completed episode one when it was given a private screening in London." I go right back to the very beginning and the original cast members. Over the years, the chances are I'm somewhere else, I don't see it. It's on at a time of night I don't get to see. I've missed so many episodes I have no idea.

I did see the first episode where Jeffrey playing Negan in his opening, his first scene. He was incredibly nervous about it apparently. I sent a message saying, "Don't worry. This is the best thing to happen in The Walking Dead for years. Your character and the way you play it is just so good." I think he was quite pleased to get past that first one, knowing that because his opening episode was where he had to kill off two of the relatively long standing members, particularly Steven Yeun, who had been there from the beginning. He was really worried that all The Walking Dead fans would absolutely hate him, but he won everybody over because he's such a bad guy. Of course, in real life, he's just a real pussy cat. He's a cheerful, fun kind of happy guy as they all are. Madhouse Magazine:  Do you get any advances of what's gonna happen? Can you tell me what's gonna happen in next week’s episode so I don't have to wait? Ian Anderson:  The answer to that one is that I never ask that question, because there's a great deal of very, very tight lipped silence. You have to remember that the actors, in fact, they only get to read a script maybe the week before their shooting. They find out if they're gonna live or die. In many cases, a script is handed to the actors and two days later, they get eaten by zombies and it's over." It's a hugely traumatic thing for those who suddenly find they've been written out of the script for theatrical, dramatic purposes. Of course, it has nothing to do with their contracts and the fact that they might come and ask for more money. It is a difficult situation for everybody because the security around the set is very, very tight because there is always those folks who want to know what's going to happen next, of course, they can't resist being spoilers and putting it online and whatever else. I know better than to ask. Having said that, I do know stuff, but it's not stuff that I feel would be ever appropriate to talk about, because you should be on the edge of your seat and not really knowing what's going to happen.

Madhouse Magazine