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'The Walking Dead': Exclusive first photo of Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as new character Bob Stookey
insidetv.ew ^
| Jul 17, 2013 at 12:15PM
| by Dalton Ross
Posted on 07/21/2013 2:28:20 PM PDT by virgil283
Spoilers Ahead*** "A lot of familiar faces did not make it out of last season of The Walking Dead alive. But reinforcements are on the way. Not only have newcomers like . ......"
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: thewalkingdead; walkingdead
"Tyreese and sister Sasha joined the survivors at the prison for season 4, but there will be a fresh new face as well. The name attached to that face is Bob Stookey, a character from both The Walking Dead comic book and The Road to Woodbury novelPlayed by Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (The Wire), the TV version of Stookey is a former Army medic. But unlike the comic version, this Stookey does not hail from Woodbury. Instead, he is found by Daryl Dixon about a week before events pick up in season 4. His backstory is not entirely the same as in the comic and the novel, explains new showrunner Scott M. Gimple. I think hes seen things go bad over and over, and winding up in this stable place doesnt shake him from his experience. He struggles with that.
You can see theres something deeper and darker thats going on with this character, just from the first episode, says Gilliard. We dont really know what it is. We just know hes got some issues that hes dealing with.
Id have issues too if I was trying to survive in a zombie apocalypse, but it seems Stookey is indeed haunted by his past, according to Gimple ....."
Bob Stookey: "The Wire" star Lawrence Gillard Jr.,
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posted on
07/21/2013 2:28:20 PM PDT
by
virgil283
To: ConjunctionJunction
Contact CJ for inclusion on his most excellent ping list....
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posted on
07/21/2013 2:29:59 PM PDT
by
virgil283
( ... """" Will ye no come back again;."''''''')
To: virgil283
Sure looks like they’re going to find some kind of military encampment or vice versa.
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posted on
07/21/2013 2:35:21 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: virgil283
Did Gilliard’s father used to play the private detective on Matlock?
To: afraidfortherepublic
I think that was Clarence Gillyard Jr. From Walker Texas Ranger, too.
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posted on
07/21/2013 2:52:09 PM PDT
by
Captainpaintball
(Maybe we DON'T wish to keep our Republic, Mr. Franklin!)
To: Captainpaintball
Thanks for the clarification. I never watch Texas Ranger, so I didn’t know what happened to him. I always enjoyed his work on Matlock.
To: virgil283
Instead, he is found by Daryl Dixon about a week before events pick up in season 4. Bump
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posted on
07/21/2013 3:37:52 PM PDT
by
VRW Conspirator
(The Lefties can drink Kool-Aid; I will drink Tea.)
To: virgil283
Saw the season 4 trailer.
To: TennTuxedo
Saw the season 4 trailer....yes wasn't it good ??
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posted on
07/21/2013 7:16:03 PM PDT
by
virgil283
( ... """" Will ye no come back again;."''''''')
To: virgil283; Valpal1; APatientMan; CatherineofAragon; LibertarianLiz; Radagast the Fool; shotgun; ...
Walking Dead ping!
Please let me know if you would like on or off The Walking Dead ping list.
To: ConjunctionJunction
Patriot Babe;
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posted on
07/21/2013 7:53:58 PM PDT
by
virgil283
( ... """" Will ye no come back again;."''''''')
To: virgil283
Tyreese was also in ‘the wire’, another great show that is off the air after a 6 season run.
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posted on
07/21/2013 8:53:00 PM PDT
by
JerseyDvl
(Cogito Ergo Doleo Soetoro, ABO and of course FUBO!)
To: virgil283
Lot’s of new characters, new story lines, higher budget, changes in walker behavior.
To: virgil283
To: virgil283
So excited! I see some elements straight from the comics.
I laughed at the scene with the car backed up over the zombie bodies, spewing out gore from the back.
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posted on
07/22/2013 9:27:33 AM PDT
by
Thorliveshere
(Tais deau sá taghdedaul!)
To: ConjunctionJunction
I was watching Blade II yesterday while waiting for something else to come on and yelled to Hubby......look it’s Darrell!
First time I have noticed him in something else. lol
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posted on
07/22/2013 9:35:33 AM PDT
by
sheana
To: sheana
To: virgil283
Hey! Get your finger off the trigger!
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posted on
07/22/2013 4:59:24 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
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