Fear The Walking Dead Is Killing Off Its Cast At A Rapid Clip – Forbes

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Fear the Walking Dead is wasting no time making major moves to cut down the size of its cast now that it has returned to finish up the season after pandemic delays.

Spoilers follow.

Last week brought the surprise death of John Dorie, played by Garrett Dillahunt, killed by Ginnys sister Dakota once he figured out she was the culprit in a murder he was previously trying to solve.

This week, Morgan refused to execute Ginny for her many crimes, but that was not the plan for June, who shot a chained-up Ginny with Johns gun before donning his hat and leaving Morgans would-be utopia. It was no less than she deserved.

The Fear cast has gotten pretty expansive at this point where Im not surprised to see them cutting it down. But its also not clear whether these deaths are by actor request, or written into the series on purpose, as the show has done both before. Madison Clark was killed as actress Kim Dickens didnt seem to be on board with that plan. But actor Frank Dillane wanted to leave the series, which is why Nick Clark was killed.

I would not be shocked if Garret Dillahunt wanted to move on to new projects, though weve heard nothing to confirm that. As for Ginny, Colby Minifie, her star has been rising with roles both here and in The Boys, but I mean, most Walking Dead villains not named Negan usually meet their end at some point, so who knows.

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Most fans are curious what the plan for Fear the Walking Dead is from here, the only currently airing Walking Dead series that does not have a planned series finale ahead. The Walking Dead will end after a massively expanded season 11, while The Walking Dead: World Beyond, was always only ever meant to run 20 episodes. Fear is now is season 6 and has gone through a pretty astonishing amount of ups and downs at this point. Currently Id put its quality somewhere in the middle of its good and bad past seasons, though its still doing things I dont love, like totally sidelining Alicia, who should have been leading this show for years, in favor of Morgan.

Who is next on the chopping block? I have my guesses as to who might want to depart. I do have to wonder if Alycia Debnam-Carey is tired of not leading the series after six years now, and might want to move on. I also have my eye on Coleman Domingo, another season 1 original who has been really blowing up in his non-Fear-related projects, with parts in Euphoria, If Beale Street Could Talk, Ma Raineys Black Bottom and more. Hes secured an overall deal with AMC, but I wonder if that necessarily extends to him continuing to play Victor indefinitely.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 03: Actor Colman Domingo discusses season 5 of "Fear The Walking Dead" ... [+] with the Build Series at Build Studio on June 03, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Right now, theres a larger war brewing against some unknown force that has to do with what appears to be a nuclear armed submarine, something we havent seen for a while, and it seems like it will be explored in a digital series to come, in addition to whatever happens on Fear.

I do not know what the endgame of Fear is, but no Walking Dead crossovers appear to be happening any time soon, and possibly will not happen given that TWD is about to end for good, and turn into a Carol and Daryl spin-off. The timelines are out of whack with Fear still years behind TWD proper, though its admittedly getting a bit hard to keep track.

Ill keep watching Fear, Ive made it this far. I think its lost some good cast members, but were also pretty far from a steep quality drought of a few seasons ago. Well see how it goes.

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