Holly died in the comics when Negan captured her and returned her as a zombie to Alexandria.
Martin-Green spoke about Sashas final sacrifice onTalking Deadafter the show.
Martin-Green was happy with the way Sasha sacrificed herself to venture to take down the big bad.
It just felt so right, she said.
It felt so complete.
It was quite poetic when I found out how it was going to happen.
Because I felt like it was the perfect end to my story, the perfect culmination of my life.
She also appreciated the way her characters entire journey culminated in that one moment.
Also, it was beautiful because the way I saw it, that warrior spirit lives on.
That even in death, I was still going to fight, because I had realized my purpose.
It had been revealed to me.
Everything before that had been self-preservation, self-defense mechanisms, basically self-obsession.
She had wanted a weapon from Eugene.
She wanted a knife.
She didnt get one, so she became the knife.
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