The Walking Dead's Jeffrey Dean Morgan dismisses Maggie and Negan romance
The Walking Dead star Jeffrey Dean Morgan has dismissed the idea of a romance between Negan and Maggie in their upcoming spin-off series, Dead City.
The new show takes the action to Manhattan, a few years after the end of the main series, where Maggie is looking for her kidnapped son Hershel. Former Big Bad Negan is along for the ride too, but don't expect it to lead to the two of them becoming an item.
Speaking to Collider, Morgan said: "I don't see that happening any time in the future."
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Both lead actors acknowledged that they aware some of the fanbase wants it to happen, with Maggie actor Lauren Cohan stating "the world wants love", something Morgan puts down to the characters' "undeniable chemistry" as he added: "The fact that people can see those characters together is because there is chemistry."
While Morgan understands that there are fans who want the characters to get together, he admitted that he does find it a bit weird.
"I am incredibly amused by it," he said. "I find it fascinating that people are shipping them because when I watched the show and when we were playing these scenes, what's really fascinating is that she might kill me at any minute, or he may kill her.
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"I thought that was more interesting than anything else. But other people look at it like, 'Oh, hey, they should be together'. We both are very amused by the whole thing."
Dead City premieres in just a few days. In Digital Spy's review, we said that the New York City setting breathes some new life into the zombie sequences, and Morgan and Cohan get to add more nuance to their already excellent performances, but the show needs to move on from the past.
The Walking Dead aired on AMC in the US and STAR on Disney+ in the UK.
Dead City will premiere in the US on June 18. A UK release date is yet to be announced.
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