10 Fun Facts About 'The Walking Dead'
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"Daryl" and "Rick"
Did you know that you can purchase the crossbow "Daryl" (Norman Reedus) uses in the series at your local Walmart? It´ll cost you around $300!
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"Lennie James" from The Walking Dead
Did you know that the amount of zombies seen throughout the show hugely outweighs the amount of actual characters presented? The numbers are crazy!
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Ross Marquand in The Walking Dead
Did you know that HBO turned down the almost cult classic series due to it´s violence and gore? We bet HBO still thinks about their decision until today...
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Zombie from the Walking Dead
Fun Fact: While the actors are filming a scene, the zombies are actually completely silent! The screaming and moaning is edited into the shot instead of being performed live!
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Norman Reedus
Did you know that "Daryl" doesn´t actually appear in The Walking Dead comic book series? He was added in along with "Merle" and "Sasha".
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Frank Darabont
Frank Darabont wrote and directed the entire first season of The Walking Dead before leaving to pursue other projects. He is best known for recreating Stephen King´s novels into film adaptations, some of his best work is Green Mile, The Mist, and Shawshank Redemption.
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Fighting Scene from The Walking Dead
Strangely enough, the word zombie wasn´t used even once during the first four seasons of the show... Biters and herds were the common term...
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"Rick Grimes" in The Walking Dead
They say that the comics are always different from the TV series. We found out that "Rick" actually had one of his hands cut off in the comics, but the producers decided to let him keep both in the TV series due to mobility concerns...
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Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston
Another cool fact: Did you know that every time the characters in the series find a bag of drugs it is almost always blue meth? Well, this is a little Easter egg from another successful AMC series Breaking Bad.
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Danai Gurira
Some of the Walking Dead stars are quite versatile. Danai Gurira, who recentyl left the series, has portrayed a variety of characters including late rapper Tupac Shakur's mother in All Eyez On Me