A Look Again at The Strolling Useless’s First Ever Comedian-Con

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Again in 2010, one little zombie present descended upon San Diego Comedian-Con. 

AMC’s The Strolling Useless was not but the monster hit it could quickly grow to be, and at its first con look, the panel did not even begin with any forged members presentl. A lot of the forged members weren’t even actually well-known but, since most individuals nonetheless knew Andrew Lincoln because the man with the indicators in Love Really. (We nonetheless typically solely consider him like this.) 

The primary a part of the panel featured AMC exec Joel Stillerman, EP Greg Nicotero, EP Gale Anne Hurd, EP Frank Darabont, and comedian guide creator Robert Kirkland, and befell just some months earlier than the sequence would premiere for the primary time in October 2010. 

Kirkman described his comics as “the zombie [story] that by no means ends,” which turned out to be fairly correct, as we’re now right here 9 years in a while the eve of season 10. 

Nicotero described a kind of zombie college that was held in Atlanta to audition zombies, and so they gave the potential zombies no directions aside from to stroll, and so they made positive to forged the individuals who would deliver some character to the undead. 

After the EPs spoke, the forged was launched, together with Andrew Lincoln, Sarah Wayne Callies, Jon Bernthal, Laurie Holden, and Emma Bell. Different major forged members in season one included Jeffrey DeMunn, Steven Yeun, and Chandler Riggs. Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride weren’t even a part of the principle forged but. 

The very first thing the forged was requested to do on the panel was to introduce themselves and describe who they’re taking part in, and Lincoln went first. 

“Rick is, as you all know, a sheriff’s deputy, and he works in a rural district of Georgia. He is married to Laurie, and he has a son referred to as Carl. He is an honest, honorable man and he will get shot, and he wakes up in a zombie apocalypse, as you do. And all through the course of–it looks like a film that we’re shooting–he will get eroded and it is one of the thrilling characters to play due to that morally…he alters. And yeah I am going to depart it there.” 

Darabont then teased him about his British accent, and Callies found she had no mic, so her costars all handed theirs over till she had 4. She later confessed that not solely had she not learn the comics, however she had by no means even seen a horror film. 

“I am a card-carrying hen, and Greg Nicotero has ruined my life,” she mentioned. 

A brand new trailer for the model new sequence was additionally proven, and it was the primary time the forged had even seen footage. 

You’ll be able to watch the trailer and the panel itself on Youtube. This 12 months, on Friday, the present introduced its present forged (which is nearly fully totally different from its season one forged) to Corridor H and debuted the trailer for season 10, which premieres on Sunday, October 6 on AMC.