Why Andrew Lincoln refuses to watch The Walking Dead – Looper

If you're wondering whether Andrew Lincoln started watching the series after his 2019 exit, current Walking Dead guruScott Gimple claimed the actor still hasn't watched a single episode even ones his character doesn't appear in. That surprising confirmation camevia the franchise's recent virtual Comic-Con panel in which Gimple stated emphatically, "No, he has not watched it.I will say, one time I was doing a DVD commentary with him on an episode he wasn't in, "The Grove" [from season 4]. Five minutes into it, I was like, 'You're not watching this, are you?' He's like, 'No, no I'm not.'"

As for why Lincoln continues to avoid watching TheWalkingDead, it's likely because he isn't quite done with the world of Rick Grimes just yet. It was announced in 2018 that Lincoln would indeed reprise his most famous role for three feature-lengthThe Walking Dead movies at some point in the future. While little is known about those long-gestating projects,The Walking Dead series isclearly taking steps towards finding out exactly where Rick's been since narrowly surviving that horde-diverting bridge explosion in season 9's midseason finale.

Per Gimple's recent comments to ComicBook.com, thoseWalking Dead spin-off movies are still very much in the works, and Lincoln is apparently anxious to get back into the skin of Rick Grimes. "So much of what we've been doing is honing and tweaking and experimenting, and we're just in the lab with it," Gimple hinted. "He's [Lincoln] very, very interested in this thing.And I got to tell you, he's itching to get back, too. We all are."

Not for nothing, but we're itching to get back to it as well, because The Walking Dead just hasn't been the same since Andrew Lincoln walked away.

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Why Andrew Lincoln refuses to watch The Walking Dead - Looper