AMC’s upcoming “The Walking Dead” companion series has been gaining a lot of traction lately, adding “Gang Related” star Cliff Curtis as the male lead and now tapping a “Sons of Anarchy” and GONE GIRL actress for the female lead.
Deadline is reporting that actress Kim Dickens (“Deadwood”, “Treme”) is set to star as the female lead opposite Cliff Curtis in the pilot for “The Walking Dead” companion series at AMC. The project was created by Robert Kirkman, on whose graphic novel “The Walking Dead” was based, and Dave Erickson, with Adam Davidson set to direct. Dickens landed the female lead after a lengthy casting process, with AMC testing a number of actresses for the role.
The untitled “Walking Dead” spinoff (code name “Cobalt”), takes place during the same zombie apocalypse depicted in the blockbuster mothership series but in a different location. It revolves around a divorced teacher (Curtis) and a guidance counselor (Dickens), who are working together and are in a relationship. The counselor has two children from a previous marriage, who we previously shared will be played by Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam Carey.
Dickens character is said to “look like the girl next door but has a darkness to her, a troubled past that will come back to haunt her“. Look, I wouldn’t care what kind of shit she was into before the zombie apocalypse, as long as she can hold her own and keep me from becoming zombie food (and look that damn good while doing it!) then I’d probably forgive her troubled past. But that’s just me.
I’m sure we’ll be hearing a lot more news regarding this companion series over the next few weeks so keep checking in.