Robert Kirkman: David Morrissey 'Embraces' 'Walking Dead' Governor Role

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"Walking Dead" fans, beware: the Governor has a name, and it's David Morrissey.


The British actor joins the cast of the AMC survival horror series' upcoming third season, putting a face to the most terrifying name that "The Walking Dead" has ever seen. Despite fan-lobbied actors John Hawkes and Tom Savini being passed over for the role, the Governor has found a home in Morrissey—and "Walking Dead" executive producer and comics creator Robert Kirkman couldn't be more excited.


"More than any other actor, David Morrissey came in and wanted to embrace everything that there is to the Governor," Kirkman told MTV News about Morrissey's casting. "He knew this is a complicated character, and he knew this was a character that people are going to hate to love."



"He recognized that this character is a villain," he continued. "A lot of people came in and were like, 'But he's a good guy inside, right?' They want that nuance, and that's definitely important. We definitely have that. The Governor isn't a one-note character; there are a lot of layers to that onion. But this is a sadistic guy. David Morrissey, more than any other actor, really wanted to sink his teeth into that role. He wants to embrace everything there is about the Governor."


And make no mistake, there is a lot of sadism to the character. In the comic books, the Governor commands and executes more horrible deeds than any other character on "Walking Dead" could even dream of. Kirkman promises things will be no different with the Governor's television counterpart.


"It was really important to me that no one gets the sense that we're neutering the Governor from the comics or holding anything back in any way," said Kirkman. "We're definitely going to do the character justice, and season three will be that much crazier and that much more intense because of it."


"I think he's really going to knock it out of the park," he added. "He has tremendous scale and scope to his acting abilities. I think people are going to be shocked and amazed by the things we do with the Governor in season three. I think people are going to quickly realize that David Morrissey is an awesome guy for the role."


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Anonymous said...

Episode 11: "Judge, Jury, Executioner"

Episode starts with Daryl beating the shit out of Randall in a shed. Randall reveals that their group has about 30 people, including women and children, and that he doesn't know where they're staying since they're always on the move. He also says that they're heavily armed and tells a story about how they once found a guy with two young daughters while out scavenging and proceeded to rape the girls, letting their father live so he could watch. Daryl beats him even harder. Cue theme music.

Daryl leaves the shed and reveals to the others what he found out. Based on that knowledge, Rick decides that they must kill Randall. Only Dale argues against it and asks Rick for one day to talk to everybody and convince them to let Randall live. He gets no support from Daryl, Hershel, Shane or even Glenn. Then there's this big discussion about whether to go through with it. Dale vehemently objects, telling everyone that this is murder and means forever giving up hope for a civilized society. In the end, only Andrea sides with Dale. Majority rules, so Randall is to be executed.

There's also a moment between Hershel and Glenn at one point where the old man gives Glenn his father's watch along with his blessing to Glenn's relationship with his daughter.

Meanwhile, Carl sneaks into the shed to look at Randall who begs Carl to help him escape. Shane finds Carl there and drags him out, telling him to stop trying to get himself killed. Carl then immediately goes and calls Carol an idiot for believing that Sophia is in heaven. Rick asks him to apologize and start thinking before opening his mouth. Carl then steals Daryl's gun, finds a walker stuck in a swamp and tries to shoot it. Before he can do that, the walker breaks free and attempts to grab Carl, who freaks out and runs away.

At nightfall, Rick takes Randall to the barn and prepares to shoot him, but Carl comes in to watch. Rick can't kill Randall in front of his son, so he decides to hold Randall in custody for now. Near the woods, Dale finds a mutilated cow and is attacked by the same walker from before, who freed itself from the swamp to follow Carl. Dale doesn't get bit, but the walker tears open his guts before it's killed by Daryl. Dale's wounds are too grave and Daryl performs a mercy killing by shooting him in the head. End episode.

Next episode: Shane snaps. He gets stabbed by Rick then comes back to life, only to be shot by Carl.

Suffice it to say that they leave the farm behind for good halfway through the season finale. There will be some more casualties, rest assured.

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