5. IronE Singleton’s (T-Dog) real name is Robert. He gave himself the name IronE to mark the irony of escaping his impoverished upbringing; IronE’s mother died of HIV/AIDs when he was a teenager. Before The Walking Dead, his most recognizable part was in Sandra Bullock’s The Blind Side.
6. Melissa McBride (Carol) was primarily a Georgia-based casting director when she was unexpectedly hired onto The Walking Dead (she has also acted, briefly, in Frank Darabount’s The Mist). McBride was also in three episodes of Dawson’s Creek, as two different characters.
7. Jon Bernthal (Shane) studied theater in Moscow, and was a professional baseball player in Europe. In 2008, he also was in an episode of How I Met Your Mother. He had one line: “Carlos.”
8. Jeffrey DeMunn (Dale) has been in all four of Frank Darabount’s films. He was also in the 1988 horror flick, The Blob.
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Of course Lori’s interesting facts are the worst. (Can’t wait for the new season!)
I can’t wait until they kill her stupid ass off.
Do you think they’ll kill her off in the TV show? I don’t think they have the balls to, honestly. In the comics, Rick doesn’t even have his left hand anymore at the point they are in the story, and I doubt they’ll go through with that either.
Done
13. That any of them could actually act.
Laurie is Marita Covarrubius?!
Mind. Blown.
Hell, in addition to Carol, half the cast of this TV show was in Darabont’s “The Mist”. Saw the end of it on SyFy a few weeks ago and both Laurie and Dale were in the car together and it really threw me until I saw that Darabont directed it..
Also a little known fact: Chandler Riggs is a 33 year old woman with hypopituitarism.
Norman Reedus was also in Blade Two
So he got to knock up Helena Christensen and fight Wesley Snipes? I want his life.
The Mist sucked.
THANK YOU. Where were you when I was saying that shit over at Filmdrunk brah?
Sorry, it’s one of the best King movies out there, and the ending they went with kicks way more ass…
Also, Danai Gurira, who is now playing Michonne, is an accomplished playwright, and won the Obie award in 2006 for her play, “In the Continuum.”
Steven Yeun was also Sheldon’s roommate before Leonard arrived on The Big Bang Theory. He was briefly in a flashback episode.
An over-achieving Asian? You don’t say.
Darabont also wrote “The Blob” remake screenplay…and it’s a decent horror schlockfest type of movie. Good for midnight on a lonely Saturday.
There was going to be something about the actor who plays Carl, but he ran off halfway through this article.
+1. Carl and Manny from Modern Family should have a playdate with zombies.
Hahaha
I didn’t think Norman Reedus could get any cooler in my book and then you go and tell me that he has a love child with Helena Christenson.
Pruitt Taylor Vince was awesome in USA’s “Touching Evil” too
wasn’t he the puppet dude on heroes? if so he was creepy as shit. if that wasn’t him… well then there are two creepy fat dudes working and that shit ain’t right.
@DEVO, no he wasn’t. You’re thinking of: [www.imdb.com] who I usually confuse with Paul Giamatti.
He was also in Deadwood, which is my barometer for awesomeness. Plus he was in the Cape, so lucky him.
13: The Boondock Saints 2 DVD back cover spells Norman’s name “Norman Reddus”.
13. Any of their names.
But then, I don’t watch the show, so really the only thing I DO know about the cast of TWD is that they are the cast of TWD. And even that doesn’t really sit right in my brain. Okay, that’s all I’ve got to say.
Jon Bernthal also had a major role in the HBO’s The Pacific. Bit more substantial than one line on How I Met Your Mother.
I also spotted him as Al Capone in Night At The Museum 2 (hate to admit I watched it, but Amy Adams’ Ass in khaki was worth it)
“Where are the fun & interesting facts about the kid who plays Carl?” – said no one.
main guy also is British and was on the original version of “teachers”
I do believe Andrea was in ‘The Mist’ as well.