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Angela Kang Says The Whisperers Are Walking Dead’s Most Formidable Foes Yet

February 12, 2019 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
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Showrunner Angela Kang and director/effects man Greg Nicotero spoke with reporters about the arrival of the Whisperers on The Walking Dead during a recent set visit. Highlights are below per Uproxx:

Kang on the threat the Whisperers pose: “[They’re the] most formidable group we’ve come across because they have the power of zombies behind them.”

Kang on the story as it plays out in the coming episodes: “I’m really excited for the people who don’t know the story to hopefully see the twists unfold. I’m really excited about the cast we have, Samantha Morton and Ryan Hurst as Alpha and Beta. I just think they’ve brought so much energy and intensity already to the process, like, in such a great way.”

Nicotero on the Whisperers: “[They have a] very unique perspective…they’ve abandoned the way of life that we all believe in. It’s interesting, when you think about Walking Dead and you think about the fact that they’re fighting desperately to preserve society. And at some point it’s like, that society that we knew probably will never exist again. What is the next order?”

Nicotero on how they look compared to the comics: “It’s tricky, because the way they were drawn in the comic books, they were trying to emulate that sort of sagging skin, so they all looked melted … And I was like, ‘I don’t want them to look melted and I don’t want it to look like Leatherface either.’ The trick is, you got to preserve the bone structure of the skull, even though theoretically the bone structure wouldn’t be there because they’re flaying the skin off. But when you look at the masks, you can see that we maintained the deep eye sockets, because I wanted the brow to stick out enough to put a shadow over the eyes, so when you look at the faces, everything’s in shadow so you get nothing there. I wanted to over-texture everything, so all the sculptures are really over textured and really shriveled looking and a lot of rot and decay.”

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