{"id":4936,"date":"2015-10-09T13:02:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T13:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=4936"},"modified":"2021-09-17T13:44:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T12:44:30","slug":"10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-walking-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/09\/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-walking-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"10 things you didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know about The Walking Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With <i>The Walking Dead <\/i>returning to our screens next week, we decided to scour the internet wasteland for tasty facts about our favourite gang of survival experts and the brain munchers who follow them. Share your own trivia in the comments!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Daryl wasn\u2019t supposed to be in the show<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Despite becoming possibly the most popular character of them all, Daryl Dixon wasn\u2019t actually supposed to be in <i>The Walking Dead<\/i>. He doesn\u2019t make an appearance in the comics that spawned the show, and neither does his brother Merle.<\/p>\n<p>Merle was created for the show, and it was for this role that Norman Reedus originally auditioned. He was unsuccessful, but the team behind the show decided to give Merle a brother, Daryl, for Reedus to play.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>The theme song and opening titles change between seasons<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The opening credits \u201d\u02dcdecompose\u2019 from season to season, presumably to mirror the ongoing decay of everyone\u2019s favourite flesheaters.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the theme song is altered depending on the tone of the season. As the seasons get darker, the song drops a semi-tone. Really dark seasons drop a whole tone. The titles aren\u2019t the only thing changing either\u201d\u00a6<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>The walkers decompose more as the seasons go on<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In the first season, the walkers look relatively fresh and healthy (for shambling corpses, at least). By the 5th season, they look distinctly more grey and rotten, which makes sense seeing as 2 years are supposed to have passed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>The actor playing Carl is going to get too old for his role<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Seasons 1 &#8211; 5 of <i>The Walking Dead<\/i> take place over 2 years, which means Carl has aged from 12 to 14.<\/p>\n<p>However, 5 real years has passed since the first season and the actor playing Carl, Chandler Riggs, is now 16. \u00a0At the current rate, Chandler Riggs will be 21 playing a 16 year old. If the show goes on for another 10 years, he\u2019ll be 26 playing an 18 year old.<\/p>\n<p>Although, it\u2019s worth bearing in mind that Carl\u2019s stunt double is actually a 30 year old woman, so maybe it won\u2019t be a problem after all.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YRL4uIVzVWI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad makes an appearance in the show<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&#8230;but he\u2019s only referenced in conversation. In a conversation between Daryl and Beth, the younger Dixon brother describes a drug dealer who sounds an awful lot like Jesse. Daryl also pulls out a bag of crystal blue drugs &#8211; Heisenberg\u2019s speciality. Here&#8217;s a shot from the episode.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/walking-dead-breaking-bad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4937\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/walking-dead-breaking-bad.jpg\" alt=\"walking-dead-breaking-bad\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/walking-dead-breaking-bad.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/walking-dead-breaking-bad-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s more than likely a cheeky reference as <i>The Walking Dead <\/i>and <i>Breaking Bad<\/i> both aired on the same channel, especially as Jesse\u2019s home state of New Mexico is nowhere near Georgia, where <i>The Walking Dead <\/i>is set.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s a real possibility that zombies take over the earth shortly after the end of<i> Breaking Bad<\/i>, which means there\u2019s a chance the gang may meet a zombie Walter White one day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>HBO rejected the show because they thought it was too violent<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Yep, the network behind <i>Game of Thrones, <\/i>a show with more blood than a donor bank, decided <i>The Walking Dead <\/i>was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnn.com\/lifestyle\/arts-culture\/blogs\/why-hbo-passed-on-the-walking-dead\">too violent<\/a>. Blimey.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Over 700 walkers have been killed since Season One<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/us.beamly.com\/tv-news\/2015\/04\/01\/walking-dead-character-killed-walkers\/ \">this infographic,<\/a> the gang has killed 739 walkers between them. Daryl is the top killer with 142, while Rick is close behind with 137. Surprisingly, Glenn is 3rd ahead of Michonne.<\/p>\n<p>They still have a way to go before they rid the world of zombies, though; show creator Robert Kirkman claims there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/In-The-Walking-Dead-a-higher-ratio-of-walkers-die-than-humans-Shouldnt-all-of-the-walkers-be-dead-already\">5,000 walkers for every 1 person alive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If we presume most of the world\u2019s population are now zombies and the group consists of 10 people (give or take), they\u2019d have to kill around <i>7 million <\/i>zombies each. Perhaps that\u2019s why HBO passed on it&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>The \u201d\u02dcguts\u2019 the walkers eat actually sound quite tasty\u201d\u00a6<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Although they look disgusting on screen, the guts the walkers eat are actually made from food. Hams soaked in vinegar are regularly used on the show, while chicken breasts have been used in the past too. Sounds like a themed restaurant in the making\u201d\u00a6<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Actors playing the walkers have to attend zombie school<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>It turns out playing a zombie is a lot harder than it looks. On top of all those hours in make-up, extras also have to go to \u201d\u02dczombie school\u2019, where they learn how to walk, move and eat like a zombie. It&#8217;s basically etiquette classes for the undead.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nwa-movie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4588\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nwa-movie.jpg\" alt=\"NWA movie\" width=\"800\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nwa-movie.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nwa-movie-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><b><\/b><\/h3>\n<h3><b>3 members of NWA have appeared on the show<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Well, the actors who played them in <i>Straight Outta Compton<\/i> at least: Neil Brown Jr, who played DJ Yella, appeared in Season 1; Aldis Hodge, who played MC Ren, appeared in Season 4 as Michonne&#8217;s pre-apocalypse boyfriend; and Corey Hawkins, who plays Dr. Dre, will appear in Season 6 as Heath.<\/p>\n<p>Surely O&#8217;Shea Jackson Jr will show up as a zombie Ice Cube at some point?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking a fast way to make cash for zombie apocalypse survival essentials, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/entertainment\/sell-dvds\/\">sell boxsets<\/a> with musicMagpie! We now pay on the same day we receive your stuff, with the cash clear and ready to spend the next day. Click below to start selling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With The Walking Dead returning to our screens next week, we decided to scour the internet wasteland for tasty facts about our favourite gang of survival experts and the brain munchers who follow them. Share your own trivia in the comments! 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