The season 7 premiere ofThe Walking Deadwas about as dark as they come.

And the Kingdom is run by a seemingly kooky character called King Ezekiel.

Of course, not all the characters are new.

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The Kingdom is a place of light, says Nicotero.

And theyre led by a guy with a tiger.

Theres an aspect of I dont get this place, but youre doing it right and hows that possible?

But Lennie and Melissa are doing some amazing, amazing stuff coming up in this episode.

And Khary Payton, who plays Ezekiel, is a freaking terminator.

He showed up with pages and pages of dialogue to do and he never missed a line.

He was so, so excited.

Inside the ShockingWalking DeadPremiere

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