Walking Dead: Melissa McBride Exits Daryl & Carol Spinoff Show
In a stunning announcement, Melissa McBride has exited The Walking Dead spin-off show that would have focused on her loving mother-turned-vicious killer character Carol Peletier and her crossbow-wielding biker friend Daryl Dixon, played by The Boondocks Saints star Norman Reedus. The long-running zombie horror series first aired in 2010 and focused on a revolving cast of characters as they survived the years following a world-ending viral outbreak. The show has since spawned two spin-off shows, Fear the Walking Dead and The Walking Dead: The World Beyond. A trilogy of Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) films is planned as well as three additional spin-off series: Isle of the Dead centering on Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan's (Jeffery Dean Morgan) journey to Manhattan, an anthology character backstory series, and a final series centered on Carol and Daryl.
McBride is one of the few remaining cast members associated with the 11-season long series that have survived the show's notorious chopping block since The Walking Dead's debut. Although she was not a series regular with a prominent role until a few seasons into the show's run, Carol quickly became a series favorite due to the emotional storyline of being an abused wife, losing her child, and reinventing herself as one of the most ruthless and cunning leaders of the core group of survivors.
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Per TVLine, it has been revealed that McBride has exited The Walking Dead spinoff show. According to the report, the reason for her exit stemmed from a creative decision from the team behind the forthcoming series. The show was originally intended to focus on friends Carol and Daryl, the only two characters to
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