Major 'The Walking Dead' Casting Rumors,
Who Should Play Rick?!
Friday, February
12, 2010


What just arrived in
my mail? Could it be the latest TPB volume of Robert Kirkman’s ongoing
zombie masterpiece "The Walking Dead"? It sure was. Easily one of the
best things I have ever read (just behind "Preacher"), it still
hasn't settled in that AMC (the creative geniuses behind "Mad Men") will
be bringing the comic to life as a TV series with Frank Darabont (The
Mist) aboard to direct. What's been going through my horror-juiced
brain? Who will strap on the boots of Rick Grimes, a small-town police
officer from Cynthiana, Kentucky, that's what. While I have my own
personal choices, some rumors have trickled on to the internet that I
found quite interesting. Read on to see who is "said to be" in talks and
then chime in with your own personal thoughts below (you never know
who's reading).

While I don't really like to post rumors from
sites I don't visit on a regular basis (because I'm not sure how
credible they are), Big Shiny Robot is claiming to have some very
reliable inside sources who know three names being thrown around for the
role of Rick in Frank Darabont’s comic book adaptation shooting this
May (more here).

I really hope the people at AMC understand how big of a decision this
is. We're not talking about a single feature film, we're having a
conversation about the face of horror, a man who will be crammed down
our throats 13 hours a year for (hopefully) the foreseeable future.

So without further adieu, here are the 3 names rumored to
be in the ring for Rick. One of which makes me sick to my stomach.

"The most reliable sources point us to JAMIE BAMBER as in the
running for Rick," reports Big Shiny Robot.



"Next on the list is MARK PELLEGRINO, who is on "Dexter" and plays
Jacob on "Lost"." A PERFECT choice if you ask me.



Lastly, the vomit inducing suggestion of STUART TOWNSEND (please, God,
NO!).



WHAT SAY YOU?


I say take a look at the pic I bet Ryan Gosling could do it .