'The Walking Dead' Season 5 Spoilers: Andrew Lincoln Says The Danger Comes from People

It appears as though The Walking Dead will reach something of a tipping point in Season 5, which premieres in a little more than a week. Star Andrew Lincoln previews that the biggest danger this season comes not from the zombies, but the people.

Here's what Lincoln told EW.com when asked about Rick Grimes in Season 5.

"This has been by far the most fun season for me to play. It's the most difficult as well, because it's a man who's very single-minded, very determined, very much in control of whom he is, every aspect of his life. He's gone through the soul searching and he's come out on the other side. He's in this new place, which is incredibly dynamic and dangerous. I think this is very much the season that he's back. You stand alongside your family. You stand in front of me, you're a problem. And that goes for people within the group, and also the world, the people you come across.

It feels like we're moving to a new area now. It feels like we've got this incredible journey, and this incredible family of people with us. And we've gone into this room, and it's a very dark room and it's a very scary room, and we've locked the door and you're not allowed out. We're going to the other side now. And I do think it's worth stressing- we're really earning our rating this season. There are families that watch it together, but just so it's on record, guys: It's a grown-up show this season. And some of the violence is moving into a territory where it's human violence, the most scary aspect of this show. In fact, some of the most lifelike moments are the zombies now. And I think that that's a huge change. It feels real after these people have been inhabiting this world for two years, you know? The people left are going to be just as equally pragmatic and brutal, and tough, and resilient. So the clash in this season, and the conflict and the fear and the terror comes directly from the humans."

In the comic book, Rick eventually realizes that the walkers have become a secondary threat to the humans who have become savages in the wake of the apocalypse. Perhaps we're headed for that turning point on the show.

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