Norman Reeduss AMA: his favorite WD episode, possible romance with Beth
Norman Reedus did an AMA on Reddit yesterday. He was promoting his work with The Felix Organization, which provides camping and enrichment activities for youth in foster care. It was an excellent AMA in that Reedus engaged with fans, answered a lot of questions and was very accessible and friendly. He didn’t give any incredible quotes (like he’s been known to do in interviews) but he did give a lot of behind the scenes details on The Walking Dead. It was a fun read for me as a WD fanatic. You can see Reedus’ full AMA on Reddit and here are some highlights. He never uses caps, btw, he’s like the anti-Kanye.
Q: When you signed on to play Daryl Dixon, did you think that the character would still be alive four years later?
A: i didn’t to be honest. it was such a well written script i just wanted to be involved in any way possible for however long they would have me around
Q: How well do you think you would do in a real apocalypse situation and do you think about what you’d do in daryls situations?
A: i would run . the way my cat runs when i duct tape things
Q: If the zombie apocalypse was to happen right this second, and the object you see first when you turn to the left is your only weapon. What is it and how f*cked are you?
A: its my cat staring at me licking his paws and i am totally screwed
Q: What is your personal favorite episode of The Walking Dead, and why? 🙂
A: oh man i like a bunch of them . i really think the episode with chad and melissa was super well written and acted and directed and was awesome. [The Grove]
Q: What’s your favorite part of being Daryl Dixon?
A: the people i work with are my favorite part all of them
Q: Was there ever a chance of a romance between you and Beth working out?
A: there was definitely a taste of it in the air
Q: On a scale of 1-10, how much do you miss Emily?
A: 13
Q: What’s the normal routine when somebody gets killed off in The Walking Dead?
A: selfies , hugs, shots . we all kinda love each other . for real
Q: What Breaking Bad character do you think would be good in TWD?
A: skylar would be good . level head thinks on her feet. they all would be good !
Q: What does Norman Reedus want for Christmas?
A: hmmm let me think . movie marathon in bed with a mountain of chocolate in a panda bear onesie
Q: Hi Norman, how would you like to be remembered?
A: m to the i n the g u s
Now I’m picturing Reedus in bed in a onesie eating chocolate. Does that panda bear onesie really exist? It’s oddly specific to not be an actual item of clothing he owns. The redditors tried to summon various resident artists to depict this scene, but as of the time I’m writing this the only artist who showed up was substandard_artist, who lives up to their name. It’s still oddly satisfying to see this vision come to life.
As for everything Reedus said about loving his job and his coworkers, that’s what we’ve heard from just about every Walking Dead castmember. It must be a great place to work despite the occupational hazards. Also, I would miss Emily Kinney/Beth more if she wasn’t trying to make a music career happen. I like her much better as an actress.
I really like what Reedus said about how he would like to be remembered by his son, Mingus. Mingus is Reedus’s only child, he’s his 15 year-old son with Helena Christensen. Reedus was with Christensen from 1998 to 2003. The last we heard Reedus, 45, was dating a 21 year-old model. Someone did ask him about that, but he didn’t answer.
Reedus is selling this t-shirt he designed with the proceeds to benefit The Felix Organization.
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