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Post by Ripley on May 23, 2017 17:24:34 GMT -5
Comicbook.com "...The Governor's real name, as created by writer/creator Robert Kirkman, was Phillip. Phillip was not a nice guy. In fact, Phillip was The Walking Dead's first truly evil and manipulative villain. The world despised him despite the fact that a charming-in-real-life David Morrissey was playing the part (all that much more credit to the acting skills!). As it turns out, Kirkman named the Governor (and any other characters named Phillip in his wide arsenal of titles) after a kid who bullied him growing up. During an interview with Michael Cudlitz on the Skybound channel, Kirkman revealed his method to naming such despised characters. ...The honest answer is often times I'm writing a script and I'll go through people I remember from like second and third grade," Kirkman started. "There was a kid named Phillip who picked on me in the second grade or third grade, I can't remember, and so I have often times used the name Phillip for a--holes because Phillip is the name of an a--hole for me." Cudlitz, the man who played the quick witted Abraham Ford on the AMC series, put it more simply after hearing Kirkman's description. "This character is a jerk!" Cudlitz joked. "That guy in high school was a jerk to me!..." link
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Post by greaterpursuit on May 23, 2017 18:01:54 GMT -5
Kirkman apparently giving that bully way more importance in his life than he deserved.
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