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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Let’s talk about the “Here’s Negan” episode.
It’s just kind of moved around.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton on ‘The Walking Dead’.Josh Stringer/AMC
We didn’t show it, but he’s talked about his relationship with Lucille to various people.
We kind of took little bits and pieces over time.
What does it mean for him?
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And really, like emotionally, what’s the story that we can tell?"
How did the decision to cast Hilarie Burton as Lucille come about?
We got really excited about casting Hilarie Burton, who is Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s real-life wife.
We’ve always kind of thought that that could be cool.
Hilarie’s obviously a very accomplished actor in her own right.
Did that play a part in the casting at all?
It was always something that [Walking Deadchief content officer]Scott Gimpleand I had kind of batted around.
So, we just feel like she’s perfect for it.
It opened up things a little bit, I think, for the two of them.
But that’s what we would have hoped for anyway.
