Greg Nicotero, a producer for The Walking Dead, has recalled the time that George A. Romero turned down the chance to direct an episode of the show.
Having George Romero, the godfather of zombie movies, involved in your zombie themed content was a hugely coveted prize. Even The Walking Dead thought so, offering him the chance to direct an episode early in the show’s run.
However, Romero turned down the opportunity and now producer Greg Nicotero has explained the icon’s reasoning in a recent interview with EW: “You know, we loved the idea of George coming onboard. Frank Darabont and I talked about it after the end of season 1. And I had a conversation with George and I said, ‘Hey, man, would you ever want to come and direct?’ This was after we’d only aired six episodes. So, the show hadn’t really even caught on. And George said, ‘No, listen, you guys have your world, and I have my world’ and it’s cool. I think he really was still intending on developing some other zombie stuff.”
It certainly would have been a great win for the show to have Romero come on board and fans would surely have been thrilled as well. Alas, it wasn’t to be. Would you have been interested in seeing Romero direct an episode of The Walking Dead?
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The Walking Dead season 9 airs on Sundays in the US and on Mondays in the UK.
