12 Surprising Facts About The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead, with its 1st season published 11 years ago, managed to lock everyone on the screen and gain millions of fans. The Walking Dead continued to describe the very stereotypical zombie disaster through the eyes of people and society. Although it has received heavy criticism since the 7th season, spin-off series that convey other stories continue to be shot.

Let’s take a look at what the TV series team and actors have gone through in the 11-season adventure.

1. For each character in the series, the whole team has a communal dinner:

One of the most important things that distinguishes The Walking Dead from other popular series is that the main characters die without mercy. What names have come and gone for the sake of zombies… Some actors stayed in the series for a short time, and some took a role for a very long time. It was later learned that for all the main characters who left the series, the team came together for the last time and had dinner.

2. Andrew Lincoln, who didn’t even change his underwear to adapt to the character:

In the series, our characters are constantly looking for health, food and different tools to survive. So in a way, clothing is the last thing to think about for The Walking Dead characters. That’s why our main character Rick wore the same jacket for a long time. However, it is said that Rick never changed not only his jacket but also his underwear. With the blue underwear we saw in the first episode of The Walking Dead season 1, the actor has completed 9 seasons.

3. ‘How to become a zombie?’ education:

It is indisputable how realistic the zombies in the series are. From the farthest zombie to the closest, they manage to be spooky and terrifying in every scene. In fact, the secret lies in the zombie school. All players participating in the series as zombies must be trained in a zombie school before taking a role. Then they must pass the exam of Greg Nicotero, a legend in horror makeup.

4. The show’s logo and intro are getting old with each passing season:

It is a detail that even those who have been following The Walking Dead since season 1 may not be aware of it. With each passing season, the starting intro and the logo of the series appear more worn and outdated in the series. The Walking Dead season 9 logo features foliage. It marks the change in the story, the re-start and the return of nature.

5. The special effect is even used to wipe the breath of zombies:

The shooting of the series is not always done in hot weather. The number of outdoor shots in cold weather is also quite high. In these shots, breath smoke comes out of the mouths of the actors who play the zombies naturally. It is against the nature of the show for such a thing to happen because the zombies are dead and completely cold. Therefore, in order to prevent this, breath fumes are deleted one by one in the computer environment.

6. Norman Reedus, who couldn’t be bitten by zombies in the series, was bitten by a fan:

Norman Reedus, who was attacked by zombies many times in the series, could not believe that this would happen to him in real life. He was bitten in the chest by a fan during a fan meeting held as part of a Comic-con. Reedus didn’t complain about the fan, but whoever bitten was suspended from the show’s fan meetings for life.

7. The word “zombie” isn’t actually used throughout the show:

Did you ever pay attention? The term “zombie” was never used for the dead in the series. Instead, expressions such as idlers, walkers, dead, skin-eaters are used. In fact, the word zombie appears several times in the comic. Despite this, The Walking Dead escapes this reality and calls them by very different names. It’s also strange that there is no zombie word in a series whose subject is completely zombies.

8. A real SWAT team prints the sequence set:

This strange event took place in the 1st season of the series. During filming, the character Merle was shooting from the roof of a building. Neighborhood residents, who thought these gunshots were a real conflict, immediately informed the police. Thereupon, a SWAT team raided the drama set. Fortunately, the truth soon became clear.

9. Players playing zombies eat separately from other players:

Actually, it shouldn’t be surprising. Who would have dinner with people with gruesome make-up in front of them with their guts flowing and their faces twisted into one another? Others say that this is done in order not to spoil the atmosphere by separating the zombies from the people. Whatever the reason, it was definitely the right decision.

10. Rick’s son Carl’s stunt double was a 30-year-old woman for a long time:

This may be one of the strangest information you will be surprised to hear. For the character Carl played by Chandler Riggs, the stuntman who plays for himself in difficult scenes is exactly 30 years old and also a woman. In fact, the photo above was talked about a lot on social media for a while. Who would have thought of such a thing?

11. Zombies actually eat ham during the attack scenes in the show:

This issue is still debated by many. What do these zombie players who have been eating people on the right and left for 11 seasons actually eat? In fact, the players initially ate ham with barbecue sauce to make it easier to stomach. But now they only eat fake blood ham, as the vinegar in the sauce ruins their make-up.

12. The little girl Rick shot in the first episode of the show came back in season 8:

The Walking Dead had started badly for Rick, and in the very first episode, he had shot the little girl who had turned into a zombie. The same girl is back in The Walking Dead season 8 episode one. Even shooting this little girl is seen as the beginning of Rick’s brutalization process. Because it was really hard doing it. The little zombie, who returned after a long time from this process, met Rick on a street again.

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