'Walking Dead' Star Andrew Lincoln: "This Is the Biggest Death We've Ever Had" getlinkinfo

The zombie drama leading man talks exclusively with THR about the "seismic" change from the comics as well as his own future with the AMC hit.

'Walking Dead' Star Andrew Lincoln

The Walking Dead leading man Andrew Lincoln wants viewers of the AMC zombie drama to know that he was just as surprised by the events of Sunday's season eight mid-season finale as they are.

Yes, it's true: co-star Chandler Riggs — who has played Lincoln's on-screen son for more than 100 episodes — is being written out of the series as Carl revealed to his father Rick in the closing moments of the episode that he had been bitten on the ribs. Riggs, who received news in June that The Walking Dead showrunner Scott M. Gimple was killing Carl off, will return in the Feb. 25 midseason premiere when Carl will die from the walker bite.

"It's huge," Lincoln tells The Hollywood Reporter in an exclusive interview. "I always thought Carl was going to be the one who led the show forward; that Rick would hand over his boots and revolver when he walked off into the sunset in season 28." 

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