Jon Bernthal on leaving The Walking Dead
di Capucine · old hollywood: Jon Bernthal
Jon Bernthal returned to The Walking Dead set to collect his truck and witnessed filming for the first episode excluding his character. Rather than saying goodbye, he sat alone on a rock in the woods. He watched the crew work, the barn burn, and zombies roam. He saw Norman acting and Scott Wilson bellowing. The realization hit him: "That's it. I'm not part of that anymore." He wept, feeling self-pity but also deep gratitude for the honor of playing a role with a complete arc. He considers Steven, Norman, Scott, Melissa, Irony, Sarah, and Andy lifelong friends who taught him how to be an artist, father, and husband. #JonBernthal
Trascrizione (en)
I remember going back to The Walking Dead to go pick up my truck and I remember like walking out and seeing them sort of shoot this first episode that I wasn't going to be in and I wanted to go say goodbye to everyone and instead of saying goodbye I just sat on this rock in the woods and just watched this beautiful sort of symphony of the barn was on fire and there were all these zombies and I saw Norman doing his thing and Scott Wilson rest in peace just standing out on the you know bellowing and just this beautiful you know crew and these people they're my family and I saw them all working and I just palpably understood that's, you know, I'm not part of that anymore. That's, they're doing their thing. And I sat there and I weeped and, you know, I felt sorry for myself and I knew it was over. And look, you know, the only thing I can look at with Walking Dead is just unbelievable, just full gratitude and just full gratitude. Like what a privilege, what an honor, what a thing to play a character with a real beginning, middle and end, but more than anything, you know, Steven and Norman and Scott and Melissa and irony and Sarah and Andy, I mean, these are like lifelong friends who really taught me how to be an artist and a father and a husband all at the same time and to trim so much fat off your life and whittle it down. And those are the guys, those are my closest friends, you know, in this business. And you, I mean, you know, those guys, I mean, they're, they're beautiful. human beings.
