Fear The Walking Dead: How Colman Domingo Helped Bring Back Madison Clark
Colman Domingo revealed how he helped bring about Kim Dickens' return as Madison Clark in Fear the Walking Dead. Both Madison and the actor who brings her to life were foundational to the Walking Dead spin-off series. Madison appeared in the first four seasons of Fear the Walking Dead before seemingly being killed off. Her last scene saw her sacrificing herself to a massive hoard of zombies to allow everyone else to escape, however, her death was never shown on screen, making it possible that she survived the events of the episode.
The lack of visual confirmation caused theories surrounding Madison’s return to pop up and petitions to be made. After waiting over three years, audiences were overjoyed to hear that Dickens would be reprising her role as Madison. The character was confirmed to feature in the second half of Fear the Walking Dead season 7 before being bumped back up to a series regular in season 8, quickly reassuring fans that her reappearance wasn’t merely for something like a flashback.
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During an interview with ComicBook, Domingo says that he helped to orchestrate Madison’s return to Fear the Walking Dead. Upon hearing chatter about Madison while working as Victor Strand for the series, Domingo immediately contacted Dickens to inform her that the creators were trying to see how interested she was in coming back. Throughout the process, Domingo assured Dickens that the entire crew was supportive and aided both the creators and Dickens strategize to help ease her return. Read the full quote below:
I was very instrumental in Kim coming back... She's not only my best friend, such a great colleague, but also knew that the showrunners, I
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