Warning: Spoilers for AMC's The Walking Dead through Season 7...
Daryl Dixon went to hell and back in The Walking Dead's seventh season. Held prisoner by Negan for a long stretch, and feeling guilty for the death of Glenn, Daryl found himself in a dark place, that star Norman Reedus agrees was "emotionally wrecking" to portray.
IGN had the chance to visit the set of The Walking Dead back during production of Season 8 - which premieres Sunday, October 22nd -- and talk to Reedus about Daryl rebuilding himself from last season's dark patch and his newfound need for blood. "[Daryl] wants revenge," Reedus said of the character's Season 8 arc. "He's just seeing red right now. He’s going through this whole thing, feeling the guilt and realizing Glenn wouldn’t have wanted him to give up like that and he’s fighting for himself, and the people that he loves, and the people that have gone before him. So, he just wants f***ing revenge now. I don’t think there’s anybody to talk him out of what he wants to do."
Reedus, recognizing what made Season 7 so difficult for him as an actor, admitted that Daryl's dark thoughts and defeatist attitude "sucked" for him as an actor. "It was draining on and off camera because we built this thing together and I’m not hanging out with any of my crew. You know, I don’t see any of them. So that was draining, not related to playing Daryl. You know you just want to come hang out on set. It’s not the same fulfillment that you would have in a normal year. All the scenes that I had were so emotional and I’m not trained enough to flip it on and off, to be honest. I have to really go through it, so scenes where I’m going through it, I’m like really going through it. After doing stuff like that for this long, it’s not as hard to get into it, it’s harder to get out of it."
"Me, personally, as Norman, was just losing his s***," the actor revealed.
But now, heading into Episode 100 (titled "Mercy"), Rick has united the settlements of Alexandria, the Hilltop, and the Kingdom for war against Negan and the Saviors and Daryl has a new directive. "I think he thinks everybody on the other side of the fence should just die." Reedus explained.
Does this include Eugene as well? "Everybody," Reedus answered. "F*** him."
"He’s tired of being diplomatic," he added. "Daryl wants to burn everybody down. I feel like he feels completely justified by it as well. There’s no rational thought here, he's just out for blood."
With Maggie now acting as the de facto leader of the Hilltop, could Daryl, one day perhaps, find himself in a leadership role? Once the dust settles in this war, provided he survives, might Daryl take on more responsibilities? "Totally," Reedus said. "If you see the trajectory of where he’s come from, definitely. For sure. I don’t think he got on with anyone very well, in the very beginning. I think through these people, he’s sort of found himself and found a reason to step up. So he’s definitely on that trajectory."
Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association (TCA). Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at http://ift.tt/2aJ67FB.
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