Norman Reedus talks about “reinventing” the “Walking Dead” franchise

Almost 15 years after the zombie apocalypse began, Norman Reedus still has a lot in him.

The The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon The star hinted that he might continue playing the titular zombie-killing biker for “another six or seven years” as he prepares for the second season’s September 29 premiere on AMC.

“The Daryl Dixon spin-off gave me the opportunity to take the show in a different direction to the original show,” he told Mr. Feelgood. “I didn’t want to do the same show again in a different place. I wanted to reinvent it. And they let me, along with the other like-minded people involved, invent something new. So it feels fresh to me. It’s in a different language. It’s shot differently. It’s not really about zombies and who gets bitten this week, it’s totally different. So as long as I keep reinventing it, it’s fun.”

In the spin-off, which premiered last September, Daryl washes up on a beach in France, the origin of the zombie virus, and tries to figure out how he got there and how to find a way home.

“We went to Paris and we didn’t want to do an American show and drop it in a European country without it reflecting the place we shot it,” Reedus explained. “So we wanted the French to watch the show and feel like it was their show too. And that worked. The French love the show. So I’m excited for them to see season two.”

After the original concept of the spin-off focused on Daryl and the survivor Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride), titled The Walking Dead: Daryl and CarolMcBride had scheduling conflicts with filming the first season. After her return in the season finale, the upcoming season will be titled The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol.

In the finale, Daryl made the decision to stay in France while Carol continued to search for her friend in the USA, with whom she had lost contact.