A quick follow-up today concerning alleged casting news for The Walking Dead that we had heard earlier this week. John Hawkes will not be playing The Governor, his rep confirms.
John is NOT appearing on ‘The Walking Dead,'” publicist Karen Samfilippo said in an email to TheWrap.
Tom Savini, who has appeared in “Machete” and “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” told Movieweb that he has been lobbying “Walking Dead” producer Greg Nicotero for the role of The Governor for more than a year. But he said producers wanted Hawkes.
“Last time I talked to him about it, when I was in Los Angeles, he said they were going after a name for that part. I said, ‘Who?’ He said ‘John Hawkes’,” said Savini.
A representative for “Walking Dead” executive producer Robert Kirkman (who wrote the comics that inspired the series) did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s requests for comment.
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