Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira discuss Rick and Michonne's 'epic love story' in The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
It’s a sight no one thought they’d see, yet here we are. Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira are stepping back into the never-ending world of The Walking Dead, a franchise they left behind years ago. They are reprising their roles of Rick Grimes and Michonne in a new spin-off, The Ones Who Live, to provide closure to their characters’ “epic love story.” It’s a phrase both actors repeatedly used at the 2024 Television Critics Association winter press tour.
features Michonne going on the hunt for “her man,” as Gurira puts it, while Rick tries to find a way back home. TWD is embracing romance at its core, according to the show’s cast, at least. During the show’s TCA panel, Lincoln told reporters it was surprisingly easy to slip back into Rick’s cowboy boots: “The intention was to place him in an environment and mindset he’d not been in before. That was the key. He’s been pushed, pulled, and pummeled in the main series. He’s traumatized.
is about two people who are soulmates whose souls have been beaten up by the world while a lot of time has passed. They had to find each other but also themselves.” The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live also stars Pollyanna McIntosh as her TWD character Jadis Stokes/Anne, Terry O’Quinn, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Craig Tate, and Matthew August Jeffers. It premieres February 25 on AMC and AMC+.