Some may be major, others a bit more subtle.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This is the first kill of yours we see on screen.
Was it your first kill of filming as well?
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ANDREW LINCOLN:The first kill was actually the first day, which was Bicycle Girl.
That was the very first thing that we shot.
I can vividly remember it being so extraordinary and weird.
And Frank has never forgiven me.
Theyre even in a photograph together and I havent introduced them.
It was the most ill-mannered moment of my whole life with my in-laws and my new ingenious director.
Im still haunted by it.
Frank Darabont said that the opening teaser serves as a mission statement for the entire series.
I was so shocked by what had happened and how he had cut it together.
I said, Is this the actual thing that is going out?
And he said Yep.
And I went, Oh my lord!
And he went, Yeah, were trying to tell a story.
And I went, Well, thats it!
You dont need to know anymore than that.
It expresses in a very short period of time exactly what the show is.
And what the world is.
And the extremities of the world.
I cant think of a more impactful, shocking, thrilling, and terrifying beginning.
Were horror, and were not apologetic about it.
And were trying to be emotional.
And its not what you think youre watching.
All of those crumbs are fed to you very quickly and effectively.
What sort of interactions did you have with Addy Miller, who played the zombie girl you shot?
Addy was amazing and the makeup was phenomenal.
I had not met her without all of that, so I was just greeted with this terrifying apparition.
I had been quite solitary.
I really hadnt spoken to anybody, just because the nature of the story.
And she was like, Im fine, just get on with it.
So she was completely comfortable with the entire idea.
And I was groveling around, trying to apologize for the next hour, and she was magnificent.
And I just thought, thats what were trying to do.
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