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Norman Reedus explains the real meaning of The Walking Dead: “Look to your friends for help”
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon star Norman Reedus says that in the end, the franchise is all about friendship
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If you ask the average person on the street what The Walking Dead is about, chances are they’ll say zombies. And, in a way, they're right; the walkers are certainly a memorable part of the AMC hit, but it is the people in the show that make it worth watching. In fact, Norman Reedus, one of the franchise’s biggest stars, says that it’s really about the friends we make along the way.
“I think there’s safety in numbers,” Norman Reedus, who starred in both the original The Walking Dead and in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, tells Popverse’s Grant DeArmitt. "I think part of the show is who you are going to pair up with to get over the tragedies of life and who you’re going to fight for, and who do you know that has your back. I would say, look to your friends for help.”
Watching the show and its spinoffs, it’s hard to argue with Reedus’s logic. After all, the zombies are never as big a headache as other survivors are. If anything, The Walking Dead is about community and how friendship can survive anything. Even a horde of flesh-eating zombies can't compete with the petty squabbles and dramatic relationships of ordinary human beings.
For more, check out the full interview with the cast and crew of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon below.
Still wanting to know more about The Walking Dead and its host of spinoffs? Check out our watch order for the entire franchise. Or you can check out the comics that inspired the show in the first place.
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