Hollywood actor wants to explore how different cultures react to a zombie apocalypse

Norman Reedus

Hollywood star Norman Reedus would love to bring his long-running TV franchise The Walking Dead to India as the actor says he is curious to see how different cultures would react to a zombie apocalypse.

The Walking Dead franchise, based on Robert Kirkman’s comic series, is set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, called “walkers”, and explores themes of survival, morality, and relationships of various groups. It started with the eponymous show that ran from 2010 to 2022 on American network AMC.

Reedus plays the role of Daryl Dixon in the franchise, starting with The Walking Dead, set in the US, and now in the spin-off series The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, which travels to France.

“I would love to explore more and more of this (show) in different places and see how different cultures deal with a zombie apocalypse. I could see it going to a whole bunch of different places,” Reedus told PTI in an interview.

​​​​​​​ Asked if he would like the franchise to travel to India, the 55-year-old actor said it would be “awesome”. “All the delicious food, all the colours, it would be great… It’s interesting, I remember at one point Kirkman and all were talking about doing spinoffs… They were talking about different cultures, different languages. I know there were conversations. Not that I had anything to do with it, I was just lucky I was still coming back,” Reedus added. PTI