NOTE: Spoilers for The Walking Dead comics and TV series
The Walking Dead returns a little later this year and actor Michael Cudlitz has discussed how his character Abraham will be moving forward within the series, after escaping his expected death which took place in the comic books.
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Speaking to PopSugar, Cudlitz said: "Well, [Robert] Kirkman was never happy with the death Abraham had in the graphic novels. He always said it was sort of a last-minute decision and that he regretted how he took him out. I think transferring that specific death of the crossbow arrow through the eye to Denise (Merritt Wever) was sort of an Easter egg for the audience who follow the graphic novels. They know what that death should have been, but there's also nothing lost on the television audience by not knowing that. It was a little gift just for them. Her death spurs on a whole bunch of other stuff, and then the audience knows that Abraham will continue for a while now.
"Now we get to see what a world with Negan and Abraham both in it will be like. That's something we don't see in the graphic novels. So a lot of cool stuff happens.
"For me, knowing that his potential death had come and gone, it was a moment to go, 'Oh cool, they really aren't going to stick with what the graphic novel does.' As a fan of both the novel and the show, it was cool."
Mentioning that we'll now be able to see what happens in 'a world with Negan and Abraham both in it', Cudlitz could have revealed a major spoiler - that he's not the one killed by Negan in the cliffhanger ending to The Walking Dead season 6.
There's just a short wait now before The Walking Dead's return, with season 7 premiering in the US at 9pm on AMC on Sunday, October 23.
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