The brutal act comes straight from the original comic book.
Warning: This article contains spoilers about the premiere ofThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Years.
Those beliefs were dispelled just minutes into the very first episode.
Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes on ‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’.Gene Page/AMC
(Alas, it was all for naught as Rick was then recaptured.
But it was Andy that pushed it.
Andy was the one to bring it across the goal line.
Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes on ‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’.Gene Page/AMC
I just bullied everybody into submission, says Lincoln.
But I just thought: This is the time to do what the comic book did and honor that.
I’ve been trying to pitch this for years, and everybody was just shouting me down.
Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes on ‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’.Gene Page/AMC
And why wasthisthe time to do it?
Because fans are well aware of the “never quit” attitude of Rick Grimes.
We had to explain why Rick had never returned, says Lincoln.
Cutting off your own hand would seem to fit the bill.
And Gimple explains thats why they had to address it at the very get-go.
So why hasn’t he escaped?
And he doesn’t even give up after that!
The showrunner also says the original comic book moment was worth whatever headaches it created for Kirkman.
And that tone has just been set onThe Ones Who Live.
