'Walking Dead' Casts Infamous Villain Negan

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For the longest time, the Governor was the worst of the worst in THE WALKING DEAD universe, up until Negan came around. Today, it was announced that Jeffery Dean Morgan (The Losers) has been tapped to fill the role of Negan, according to THR.

The character will make his debut on the season six finale of the show. In the comics, Negan was the leader of The Saviors, a group of survivors that used violence and intimidation to get what they wanted from the surrounding areas. Negan first showed up in issue #100 of the comic, in the most memorable way possible [seriously spoilers] by beating Glenn to death with his baseball bat covered in barbed wire, which he named Lucille.

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Showrunner Scott Gimple had this to say about Negan appearing on the show.

There's a particular story in that arc that I'm very excited for. But because we know where we're going, we have some opportunities to play around with it and put some things in that will lead up to [Negan and Alexandria] in different ways yet fulfill the story Robert told to the Nth degree by utilizing some slightly different approaches. Lineups and timelines and the whole nine yards.

Because of what's happening on the show, it's hard to know if Negan's entrance will remain true to the comics or if the showrunners will go another way. However, it will lead to an All Out War and one of the biggest battles in the comic book's history.

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What?! No way!

I could not have picked a better actor

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Is there going to be a lot of bleeped out swearing next season?

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He's hot.

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#4 the_stegman  Moderator

Damn. This guy plays nothing but good roles. Daddy Winchester, Thomas Wayne, The Comedian, now this!

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okay, this is probably THE best, well-known actor that Gimple and the Gang could have gotten to play Negan. This show is in good hands

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#6  Edited By mickey-mouse

I actually hope he is not with the wolves, because the wolves seem insane. Negan is crazy, but he seems like he does give a crap about people sometimes. So it's going to be interesting if they make Negan with the wolves or with another group.

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Never seen him act before, but he looks good for the role.

Happy to see Negan on the show.

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@thespoiler: Watch watchmen, first couple of seasons of supernatural, or even The Losers...he's a good actor.

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WOW!!! That's great casting!

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The Comedian as Negan? I'm on board.

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Love the actor

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I fully support, I love this dudes acting and he's perfect for Negan

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I personally would like to look that good at his age. Yeah I'm gonna start watching this show from season 6 because I'm awesome.

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Excellent actor !!!! He was great in magic city. Im sure he'll do well on walking dead.

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#15 HigorM  Moderator

Excellent news!

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Great choice! Ok, Gimple redeemed himself because it has not been a great season. BUT we all know it's going to be a watered down Negan! Which is very disappointing. I hope they don't change the character too much like they did with the Governor.

"we have some opportunities to play around with it and put some things in that will lead up to [Negan and Alexandria] in different ways yet fulfill the story Robert told to the Nth degree by utilizing some slightly different approaches. Lineups and timelines and the whole nine yards." Pleeease don't mess this up!

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I do love this actor, but Negan is definitely supposed to be younger than Rick

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Bout time they brought Negan in. Jeffrey's a great choice too. This might just be the thing to bring me back to that show.

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Great casting choice :)

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Awesome

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We've been hoping for a live-action Negan and we got it...And as JDM, no less! This will be good!

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*Unfurls wet blanket*

Sooo... the "plot" to this Walking Dead saga is they keep running into crazier and crazier people?

Seems like they could be actually doing something - going somewhere - as well as running into crazy people.

People seem really excited for a dude with a barbed wire covered baseball bat. I will prolly keep watching this so I guess I'll see.

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Great casting, can't wait.

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Love this choice. This guy is an incredible actor, and I'm sure he'll do the role justice.

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Oh man! It's hard to resist uncovering that spoiler... But I MUST AVOID SPOILERS!!!

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@longbowhunter: why would it be bleeped out?

I'm joking. More than likely they'll tone this character down from an F-bomb spewing post-apocalyptic Andrew Dice Clay, rather than bleep obscenities.

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Wow Walking dead. Now dont f it up

~MiB

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@edblank said:

*Unfurls wet blanket*

Sooo... the "plot" to this Walking Dead saga is they keep running into crazier and crazier people?

Seems like they could be actually doing something - going somewhere - as well as running into crazy people.

People seem really excited for a dude with a barbed wire covered baseball bat. I will prolly keep watching this so I guess I'll see.

Well, its a zombie show. There's not really a lot of new ground left to cover in the genre.

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Great choice.

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Awesome choice!

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I'm not exactly sold like everyone else. I'd rather see a comedian (seriously, pun unintended there) with good acting chops playing this role. Negan's wit is just too quick and hilarious, no matter how vile it may be at times. I'd like to see someone with great comedic timing in this role. I guess the voice I heard while reading it, doesn't mix well with this actor from what I've seen him in.

That being said, the character is obviously going to have to be different then the comics, as they can't drop eff bombs every couple of words. I know it's just one word, but it really is a part of his character to say it all the time, not to mention genuinely raunchy humor, that I'm not sure will be allowed even in an already heavily graphic tv show like walking dead. The tv show hasn't disappointed me yet though, well besides season 2, so I'm sure this will be handled very well.

The governor was handled quite differently, yet his story was still told very well on TV, hopefully the same will happen with Negan.

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#33  Edited By AllStarSuperman

Ehh, I am mixed, I love Negan, and this actor is great, but it seems like the TV show is just rushing through the comic arcs until it can make its own story....

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Awesome! This is way I want Glenn to be alive! So he can get his death the right way!

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Damn. This guy plays nothing but good roles. Daddy Winchester, Thomas Wayne, The Comedian, now this!

Don't forget Anton from No Country for Old Men.

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#38 rogueshadow  Moderator

Great casting, but for me, Negan is probably going to fall flat no matter what they do, swearing is integral to his character.

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@jeremy1989: Ha, he does look a lot like Javier Bardem.

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Ehh, I am mixed, I love Negan, and this actor is great, but it seems like the TV show is just rushing through the comic arcs until it can make its own story....

I don't think they are gonna make the mistake of burning through Negan the way they did the governor.

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@dedpool said:

WOW!!! That's great casting!

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What?! No way!

I could not have picked a better actor

Is there going to be a lot of bleeped out swearing next season?

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#45 the_stegman  Moderator

@lukehero said:
@allstarsuperman said:

Ehh, I am mixed, I love Negan, and this actor is great, but it seems like the TV show is just rushing through the comic arcs until it can make its own story....

I don't think they are gonna make the mistake of burning through Negan the way they did the governor.

Did they burn through the Governor though? He was around for a lot longer in teh show than the comic, and the show gave him much more depth.

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@the_stegman: Maybe not, maybe it just felt like it cause I didn't want TV Governor to leave just yet cause his death happens mid season finale, instead of a season finale.

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@edblank said:

*Unfurls wet blanket*

Sooo... the "plot" to this Walking Dead saga is they keep running into crazier and crazier people?

Seems like they could be actually doing something - going somewhere - as well as running into crazy people.

People seem really excited for a dude with a barbed wire covered baseball bat. I will prolly keep watching this so I guess I'll see.

Well, its a zombie show. There's not really a lot of new ground left to cover in the genre.

If that's the case, then perhaps the time for zombie stories has passed.

I disagree, though. I didn't want to mention the "other" zombie show here, but they have a premise - get SoAndSo to location X because the survival of humans depends on it - which is super simple but it drives the story along in a cohesive manner as they travel from here to there dealing with weirdoes.

Without that kind of rudder, it feels like we just drift along.

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#49  Edited By joshmightbe

@edblank said:
@joshmightbe said:
@edblank said:

*Unfurls wet blanket*

Sooo... the "plot" to this Walking Dead saga is they keep running into crazier and crazier people?

Seems like they could be actually doing something - going somewhere - as well as running into crazy people.

People seem really excited for a dude with a barbed wire covered baseball bat. I will prolly keep watching this so I guess I'll see.

Well, its a zombie show. There's not really a lot of new ground left to cover in the genre.

If that's the case, then perhaps the time for zombie stories has passed.

I disagree, though. I didn't want to mention the "other" zombie show here, but they have a premise - get SoAndSo to location X because the survival of humans depends on it - which is super simple but it drives the story along in a cohesive manner as they travel from here to there dealing with weirdoes.

Without that kind of rudder, it feels like we just drift along.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of the zombie genre. In fact I only started watching Walking Dead about 2 weeks ago (Netflix binge) just so i could figure out what some of my friends saw in the show, so I wouldn't say I'm well versed on the subject but I haven't seen anything on this show that hasn't been covered in a Romero movie or their knock offs.

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Just looked him up.

Can't wait.