'The Walking Dead' Season 6 SPOILERS: Scott Gimple Previews Negan Debut

Fans of The Walking Dead have a long wait until Season 6 returns, but the light at the end of the tunnel is the first appearance of Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan. In a new interview, showrunner Scott M. Gimple previews what fans can expect from the debut.

Negan's debut will be perhaps the most pivotal and memorable moment in the entire series, and fans' expectations for it grow with each passing week. So there's plenty of pressure on Gimple and the rest of The Walking Dead crew to get it right.

Plus, we know that Negan's arrival in the comics signals the shocking and memorable death of Glenn (Steven Yeun). In arguably the most famous scene in the series' history, Negan uses his barbed wire baseball bat called Lucille to repeatedly bash Glenn's head in and kill him.

So what does that mean for Negan's arrival on the show? Gimple spoke to TVLine about that topic.

"It's tricky because even folks who are unfamiliar with the comics are aware of what Negan does to Glenn. Does that impact how you tell the story?
It does and it doesn't. Six years in now, the audience is so smart that the obvious thing isn't the obvious thing anymore. If you do it exactly like the comics, people might not be expecting that because we [have a tendency to] mix things up. It's this completely psychological game... as far as the storytelling goes. You just try to tell the best story possible."

Fans were excited when the show cast Morgan as Negan, and Gimple gave a slight taste of what happened when he first saw the actor in costume, as well as a timetable for his debut.

"It was bizarre. It was just myself and Jeffrey and our great costumers. It was bizarre, because it was a long time coming," he said. "It's important to say that we do things way ahead of when you see them air. There is a long road to [meeting] Negan. I don't want people to expect to see him tomorrow."

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