Can Anyone On ‘The Walking Dead’ Say Carl’s Name Right? A New Viral Video Says No – UPROXX

Chandler Riggs days of wearing a cowboy hat as Carl Grimes on The Walking Dead are long gone, but he clearly still has some feelings about how many times his costars butchered his characters name. After spotting a new viral video that supercuts roughly 800 different variations on pronouncing Carl, Riggs had an understandable reaction on Twitter, and Walking Dead fans were here for it.

In the actors defense, they are juggling southern accents while being chased by zombies, so its not exactly the best environment for perfect enunciation. Of course, Riggs probably wouldnt mind still hearing his characters name get consistently mangled. The actor wasnt exactly thrilled with Carls fate on the show, which not only deviated from the source material, but was less than epic in Riggs opinion:

I was always hoping for a big battle, some epic death, sacrificing himself for someone or something, Riggs admitted. In this situation, he kind of is sacrificing himself for Saddiq and for Alexandria. It kind of works in a way. Its not as epic as I had envisioned, but theres still explosions and gunfire, so Ill take it.

While Riggs is being diplomatic in his frustration with being killed off of the show, his real-life father took a different approach by blasting showrunner Scott Gimple on Facebook after producers surprised the family with the news. Like most fans, Riggs and his family expected Carl to be a series-long fixture and eventually take Ricks place as the leader of the group. It also didnt help that AMC had allegedly promised Riggs just that, until they didnt:

Watching Gimple fire my son 2 weeks before his 18th birthday after telling him they wanted him for the next 3 years was disappointing, he wrote. I never trusted Gimple or AMC but Chandler did. I know how much it hurt him.

But with some years between Carls controversial death and now, its good to see Riggs have a laugh about his time as Kerwarl. (Did we say that right?)

(Via Chandler Riggs)

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