With The Walking Dead Season Two coming to an end next Sunday, the cast and crew of the show has been giving interviews discussing the most important aspects of the season so far. This time was showrunner Glen Mazzara, who spoke with Inside Tv, talking a bit about what to expect on the season finale, the decison of how to make the Shane zombification works, if the fate of a certain character from the comics will be explored on the third season and more. On the upcoming finale: We’re proud of this finale, we’ve been building to it all season, and we cant wait for you to see it … There’s more bloodshed coming. They thought they were safe on this farm, they were wrong … We’re on a killing spree here … There are answers about the nature of the virus in the finale … I will guarantee people will watch this finale and want to know what comes next. People will have a lot of questions, but in a good way.
On Shane "zombification" aspects: We worked hard to make sure that revelation landed. We knew what we were doing there. We knew it would land a punch. We’ve never had a main character become a zombie to this extent. Those [rapid flashes of zombie mayhem] represent the storm in Shane’s brain to some extent … Amy was a weaker character. Shane is in a murderous rage … he’s going to reanimate quicker. There’s just more life in that zombie, believe it or not. We do have internal rules for that.
On what he wanted to focus on this season: I’m interested in focusing on Rick. He’s the leader of the group. If you look at all of these deaths, we look at how we’re developing his character. All this stuff led to a very decisive act where Rick kills Shane. People talk about Shane being killed off, well Rick killed Shane, he’s evolving in a very real way.
On the possibilities of Lori's Death: If it’s earned and character-based and propels the story forward, nothing is over the line for us. No one is safe on this show.
On not showing the initial virus outbreak: Maybe we could do it in a stand-alone movie, maybe a webisode. But I’m not particularly interested in using flashbacks. I want to propel the story forward. That’s my natural inclination. The outbreak — who gives a shit? The outbreak started, now everybody’s screwed and we’re on the run from the zombies.
On whether the pacing of season three will be anything like the start of this season: I am very interested in keeping the pace up. I’m proud of the [early] episodes in season 2. I’m surprised at some of the feedback. That being said, it was always my intention to ramp up the pace. I do think the [recent] episodes have been better crafted at having a beginning, middle and a punch at the end. I think we’ve cracked it. We still will have slower episodes … this is a story about characters we care about. But I do think the pacing in season three will feel like a freight train.
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The Walking Dead season finale this Sunday on AMC.
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