The Walking Dead’s Carol and Daryl Spinoff Just Lost Carol

TV Line studies that actor Melissa McBride has exited the upcoming Walking Dead spin-off sequence that was going to be centered on her character Carol and TWD’s different fan-favorite sequence common Daryl, performed by Norman Reedus. Now, the present will focus completely on Daryl, which… uh… was doubtless the one potential answer.

Somewhat confusingly, whereas TV Line says McBride “exited” the sequence, which might point out it might have been her personal determination, it additionally studies “the decision to jettison Carol was purely a creative one,” which means Walking Dead franchise grand poobah Scott M. Gimple and The Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang made the choice for McBride, though might the actor had enter? After 12 years of taking part in the character (which couldn’t at all times have been a satisfying job), it’s fairly affordable to assume she wouldn’t wish to be a part of one other TWD challenge that ended up not being to her liking. Still, this can be a franchise that suspiciously killed off a significant character out of nowhere (i.e., Chandler Riggs’ Carl) so I can’t assist however assume one thing much less amicable may need gone down.

Not solely are Carol and Daryl doubtless the best-loved characters on The Walking Dead, additionally they have the strongest, most compelling relationship on the present by far. They additionally occur to be the solely two characters who’ve survived all 11 seasons of the sequence, and, since they had been about to begin in their very own spin-off, past season 11 as nicely. Turning The Carol & Daryl Power Hour into The Daryl Show Starring Daryl doubtless means rejiggering it from prime to backside. As of final August, Reedus made it sound just like the present hasn’t began filming but; it’s unknown if that’s nonetheless the case, but when so, the sequence will probably be beginning over from scratch.

More on this because it develops.

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