10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Cast Of The Walking Dead – TheThings

The Walking Dead, while seemingly diminishing in popularity, was one of the biggest shows of the 2010s. Audiences were captivated by its "anything goes" storytelling, which was prone to killing off beloved characters.

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Of course, beloved characters are made in numerous ways, including strong writing, directing, casting, and acting. The latter is (obviously) particularly important. Luckily, The Walking Dead contained an exceptional cast that managed to keep the show afloat, even when the wonky writing was threatening to sink it.

Their real life stories are just as interesting. These are ten things you didn't know about the cast of The Walking Dead.

What some people may not know is that Andrew Lincoln is the son-in-law of Ian Anderson, the flutist and vocalist for Jethro Tull. Ian Anderson met his future wife Shona Learoyd while she was working as a press officer for their record label. She later became involved in the band's on-stage effects and the two married. They had two children James and Gael Anderson. Lincoln married Anderson in June 2006, officially becoming the son-in-law of musical royalty. Anderson is also grandfather to their two children, Malinda and Arthur.

Jon Bernthal seemingly comes from royalty. His father, Rick Bernthal, was the former chair of the board of directors for the Humane Society. He left the post in 2019. His paternal grandfather was a violin prodigy named Murray Bernthal. One of his brothers, Nicholas Bernthal, isan orthopedic surgeon and a professor at UCLA. But perhaps most interesting is that his other brother, Tom Bernthal, is currently engaged to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Sandberg is estimated to be worth nearly $2 billion.

Steven Yeun was born in Seoul, South Korea and was given the birth nameYeun Sang-yeop. When Yeun was still young, his family moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada before relocating to Troy, Michigan. It was here that Yeun was raised, graduating from Troy High School in 2001. He only adopted the name "Steven" after his parents relocated to America, as they met a doctor with the name and decided that they liked it. Yeun looked to follow in his namesake's path, studying neuroscience in college. However, the call of the screen proved too alluring.

You'd never know that Norman Reedus's face has actually been reconstructed. Reedus was in a serious car accident in 2005wherein an 18-wheelercollided with his car.He was flung through the windshield and suffered significant damage to his face.

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As he calls it, he "looked like hamburger." He awoke with glass embedded in his face, and after he was taken to the hospital, both his nose and left eye socket needed to be reconstructed with screws and titanium, respectively.

Gurira's parents, Josephine and Roger, moved from Zimbabwe (which was then Southern Rhodesia) in 1964, long before Danai was born. Gurira was born in Iowa in 1978, but she and her family moved back to her parents' native Zimbabwe in 1983. The family settled in Harare, the capitaland most populous city of the now-independentcountry. She remained there throughout much of her early life, and it was there that she attended and graduated high school. However, she returned to the United States for school, attending Minnesota's Macalester College and the Tisch School of the Arts.

It's an amazing feat that Michael Rooker and his wife are soon to hit the 50-year milestone. Rooker married Margot Rooker on June 22, 1979 when Rooker was just 24 years old. This was long before Rooker was famous, as he didn't attain his first movie role until 1986 (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer). Rooker and his wife have remained married ever since, a feat that remains increasingly rare in today's world.

David Morrissey, who so brilliantly portrayed The Governor, suffered a tragic setback in his teenage years. His cobbler father, Joe Morrissey,was diagnosed witha terminal blood disorder when David was just fifteen years old.

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He remained ill for the rest of his short life and passed away from a hemorrhage in the family home at age 54. Morrissey proceeded to leave school at 16 and went to work for a theatre company in Wolverhampton, England.

Lennie James is another Walking Dead cast mate to suffer a tragic upbringing. James' mother passed away when he was just ten years old, and bothLennie and his brother Kester were left parent-less. They had the choice to move to the United States in order to live with a relative, but they both declined and decided to stayunder foster care instead. They remained in foster care for the next eight years until James was 18.

Wilson's second-ever film role was that of real-life killerDick Hickock in In Cold Blood. As Truman Capote's novel was quite popular, various big names were floated for the film adaptation, includingSteve McQueen and Paul Newman. However, the movie's director, Richard Brooks, wanted unknown actors in the role and cast Scott Wilson over the two popular choices. As Wilson explained, "Brooks hired two 'unknowns' and he wanted to keep it that way. We were treated like two killers he had somehow run across."

Lauren Cohan has a very distinct transatlantic accent a unique accent that seemingly blends aspects of bothBritish and American accents. It's possible that she attained this style of speaking through her upbringing. Cohan was raised in New Jersey, having lived in the state until she was 13. However, her family later moved to Surrey, England, and she proceeded to live therefor the rest of her upbringing, evenattending and graduating university in Winchester.

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