Post by Ripley on Sept 21, 2015 12:24:06 GMT -5
"...The comics scribe turned TV heavyweight also assures that "Fear" is an all-new, stand on its own concept rather than a collection of "leftover or B-side" storylines and characters, what approaching the end of the world through the eyes of two families who have just become one offers from a story standpoint, and why, as much as those living in Kirkman's zombie-riddled hell might wish otherwise, none of his shows will ever fully explain the origin of the zombie outbreak...
Are any of these characters from the new series, the ones played by Kim Dickens and Cliff Curtis -- are any of them characters that you had in mind previously when you were writing the comic or working on the original show that you wanted to throw in the mix? Or did they spring about when the idea for this show came up?
Robert Kirkman: It really kind of sprung about with the idea of doing another show. When AMC came to me asking about the possibility of, would I be interested in doing a companion show to "The Walking Dead," my mind went into the mode of, "I created 'The Walking Dead' when I was 23." I was 34 or 35 at the time we started developing this. I would be in competition was myself. I wanted to see if I could come up with something cooler or more unique. What does old, tired, sad Kirkman think about the apocalypse as opposed to the young, energetic version that did the first comic? It turns out that old, sad, tired Robert Kirkman needed the help of Dave Erickson. So, working with Dave, he and I came up with all these characters and created this world, this Los Angeles version of "Walking Dead." There are no leftovers or B-sides. These aren't people that didn't fit into "Walking Dead" or the comic or anything like that. This is an all-new cast, created specifically for the show..."
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Are any of these characters from the new series, the ones played by Kim Dickens and Cliff Curtis -- are any of them characters that you had in mind previously when you were writing the comic or working on the original show that you wanted to throw in the mix? Or did they spring about when the idea for this show came up?
Robert Kirkman: It really kind of sprung about with the idea of doing another show. When AMC came to me asking about the possibility of, would I be interested in doing a companion show to "The Walking Dead," my mind went into the mode of, "I created 'The Walking Dead' when I was 23." I was 34 or 35 at the time we started developing this. I would be in competition was myself. I wanted to see if I could come up with something cooler or more unique. What does old, tired, sad Kirkman think about the apocalypse as opposed to the young, energetic version that did the first comic? It turns out that old, sad, tired Robert Kirkman needed the help of Dave Erickson. So, working with Dave, he and I came up with all these characters and created this world, this Los Angeles version of "Walking Dead." There are no leftovers or B-sides. These aren't people that didn't fit into "Walking Dead" or the comic or anything like that. This is an all-new cast, created specifically for the show..."
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