MTV Shows "It was a big surprise to me as well," Lincoln told MTV News about landing the role. "I'm from London, I grew up in the West Country...But I think there was something that Frank responded to when I put myself on tape." "I went out early, because if someone's going to offer you a role like this — this incredible part with an incredible channel like AMC — you want to get the basics right," he said. "Obviously, a dialect is a hugely important part, but I wanted to do more than that. I wanted to get a sense of place, so I went out early to Atlanta." "I've played a New York lawyer before, so I knew the East Coast, and I also knew the West Coast, but I'd never been to the South, the southern states. So I got out early, I got a sense of place, I spoke to people, and I worked with a very, very good dialect coach." "Frank Darabont asked me to be in dialect for the whole shoot," he added. "I practiced and practiced, and initially it felt a bit strange. It felt like i was an inch behind my actual personality, because you're filtering all these sounds and strange noises, and eventually it became incredibly normal." "And as everybody knows, I have a lot more scary things to deal with than an accent playing Rick Grimes."
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