After more than eight seasons, Andrew Lincoln isleavingThe Walking Deadfor the same reason his character Rick Grimes has fought to stay alive for so long: Family.While news of the actor’s departure first broke in late May, Lincoln, 44, confirmed the news at San Diego Comic-Con earlier this month. And now, he’s explaining his choice to step away from the character he’s played since the show premiered in 2010.“I have two young children, and I live in a different country, and they become less portable as they get older. It was that simple,” hesaid on EW Radio(SiriusXM, channel 105).Jason LaVeris/FilmMagicLincoln’s home base with his wife, Gael Anderson, and two kids, son Arthur and daughter Matilda, is in England, whileThe Walking Deadfilms in Georgia for more than half the year.“It was time for me to come home,” he added.Gene Page/AMC“Completing the show was like releasing air finally,” Lincoln said of his final days of filming. “And it was very satisfying the last two episodes in particular. But doing a panel and having to talk to [thousands of] people in Hall H [at Comic-Con] and then have all my friends hug me at the end? The s— got real, is the truth of the matter.”Lincoln isn’t the only character who will go absent at some point in the season. Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie, will be stepping aside to film her new ABC series,Whiskey Cavalier, though she assuresTWDfans she may not be gone for long. “Maggie’s story is open-ended,” shepromisedon EW Radio.The Walking Deadseason 9 premieres Oct. 7 on AMC.
After more than eight seasons, Andrew Lincoln isleavingThe Walking Deadfor the same reason his character Rick Grimes has fought to stay alive for so long: Family.
While news of the actor’s departure first broke in late May, Lincoln, 44, confirmed the news at San Diego Comic-Con earlier this month. And now, he’s explaining his choice to step away from the character he’s played since the show premiered in 2010.
“I have two young children, and I live in a different country, and they become less portable as they get older. It was that simple,” hesaid on EW Radio(SiriusXM, channel 105).
Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic
Lincoln’s home base with his wife, Gael Anderson, and two kids, son Arthur and daughter Matilda, is in England, whileThe Walking Deadfilms in Georgia for more than half the year.
“It was time for me to come home,” he added.
Gene Page/AMC
“Completing the show was like releasing air finally,” Lincoln said of his final days of filming. “And it was very satisfying the last two episodes in particular. But doing a panel and having to talk to [thousands of] people in Hall H [at Comic-Con] and then have all my friends hug me at the end? The s— got real, is the truth of the matter.”
Lincoln isn’t the only character who will go absent at some point in the season. Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie, will be stepping aside to film her new ABC series,Whiskey Cavalier, though she assuresTWDfans she may not be gone for long. “Maggie’s story is open-ended,” shepromisedon EW Radio.
The Walking Deadseason 9 premieres Oct. 7 on AMC.
source: people.com
