The Walking Dead Season 9 - Nicotero on Directing Rick's Final Episode & Denial!

via IFTTT The Walking Dead Season 9 - Nicotero on Directing Rick's Final Episode & Denial! Alright what's going on guys it's Trev back again here to bring you another video. In this one I will be giving my thoughts on a recent interview with Greg Nicotero about directing Rick's final episodes of the series. https://ift.tt/2OcK0vD "I think I'm still in denial," executive producer, director, and makeup supervisor Greg Nicotero told INSIDER of Lincoln leaving the AMC zombie drama. "I keep thinking he's still going to walk down the hallway." "I've grown into the filmmaker that I am, with Andy at my side and with Norman at my side. I watched him as an actor, and he watched me as a makeup effects artist, and became the producing director on the show," said Nicotero, looking back on his time with Lincoln. "We've shared a lot. This season, Andy has great instincts," he continued. "Every time we get together, and it's an episode that I'm directing, we'll get together at my house, and we'll read the scripts together. He'll do his character, and then, I'll read the other characters, and we sit, and we dissect the story, and we dissect the script, and we make sure that it feels authentic to who we believe the characters are. It's been an amazing opportunity to collaborate with an actor like him, and a friend like him. It's still weird. It's so weird." In addition to the premiere, Nicotero told INSIDER he will direct Lincoln's final appearance on the show this fall. The only other episode Nicotero directed for this first half of season nine is its fifth episode, "What Comes After." So expect five more episodes with Mr. Grimes. What can fans expect? "It's a magnificent episode. I don't want to get into it too much, because I don't want to really ruin anything," Nicotero teased of Lincoln's final episode. "It's, the storytelling aspect of it, and his journey really, really touches upon some of the highlights of the show over the past eight years. It was a delight to craft the episode, so it's a really unique situation, and we had a great time making it. Even though it was sad, I think all of us were sort of in a little bit of shock. The direction that the show has gone in, in the remaining episodes of season nine, have got some fantastic actors. I love all of them. They're unique. They're interesting. They're thought-provoking." While Nicotero and AMC have been trying to keep the details of Rick's final episode under wraps, reports from Entertainment Weekly and The Hollywood Reporter confirmed former "TWD" star Jon Bernthal, who played Rick's best friend Shane, will return on one episode of season nine. Former showrunner Scott M. Gimple, and now the "Walking Dead" universe chief content officer, told TV Line Bernthal's appearance will be "heavy." "It's been a very unique transition for a show that was so grounded with Rick's character," Nicotero told us the legacy that Lincoln leaves behind, but also how an ensemble has shaped the show. "But the truth of the matter is, 'The Walking Dead' really was grounded by a lot of fantastic actors, and great performers — Melissa McBride, John Bernthal, Scott Wilson, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun. So many great actors have really done a lot to leave their fingerprints on the show. Andy, we've been grateful and honored to be able to see what he's been able to bring to the show. ... I was sad, and I'm still sad. But I still think he's going to walk through the door, so I think I'm sort of in denial about the whole thing." When pressed if the audience will cry when watching Lincoln's final episode, Nicotero was careful in choosing his words. "Yeah, probably," he said. "It's a little hard for me to say, because I directed it. I sort of dealt with it in the more technical aspect of what I needed to do. There were moments on set when we would look at each other, and we would both have to turn away, and walk away, because there's so much unspoken history between us and we're so close that neither of us really was ready to say anything to each other other than just... I think I have 300 pictures of him and I just leaning on each other, on the set. Just that, to me, is what makes it, what made it beautiful." TrevsChan2 Patreon ► https://ift.tt/1a27yf9 Grab a Trevschan2 TeeShirt ► https://ift.tt/2sUswYb As always, thanks for watching everyone! - Trev #thewalkingdead #ricksfinalepisodes #gregnicotero #twd Trevschan2