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'Walking Dead' star trades arc of weapons for arc of story

By JEFF MARTIN veers from that narrative to
Associated Press create new tales. It's built
SENOIA, Ga. (AP) — An- around a cast of charac-
drew Lincoln will no longer ters struggling to survive
evade the arc of a knife, in a world that's fallen into
a bullet or a bloody base- chaos and become infest-
ball bat wrapped with ra- ed with zombies they call
zor wire on the Georgia set "walkers." The humans also
where AMC's "The Walking break into factions and
Dead" is filmed. sometimes wage war with
The show's upcoming ninth one another.
season, which premieres As the show enters its final
Sunday night, will be the season with Lincoln's char-
last for his character, sher- acter, he speaks lovingly of
iff's Deputy Rick Grimes, the "less-is-more" aspect of
and Lincoln has wrapped the upcoming season.
his last scene. "There's less gas, there's less
Now he's hoping to direct guns, there's less food," he
an episode of the show, says. "But we've got more
so he's "shadowing" one of tension as a result, and thrills
the directors during film- and spills. If something goes
ing near the small town of wrong in this landscape
Senoia. In this March 17, 2017 file photo, Andrew Lincoln attends the 34th annual PaleyFest: "The Walking that we inhabit now, then
"I've always had a fascina- Dead" event in Los Angeles. we're in serious trouble."
tion with the language of Associated Press Lincoln says "The Walking
film," he told The Associated Dead" has always been an
Press in a recent interview. put my money where my "You're interrupting my probably being taught at ensemble show that's not
"And I'm a control freak. I mouth is." shadowing!" he says. the moment." dependent on any one
have strong opinions aes- His trademark humor finds "There's lessons being The drama sometimes fol- character. "The themes this
thetically, and maybe it's its way into many of his an- taught out there right now lows the story lines of a season are absolutely what
time for me to own up to it swers to questions about his and I'm not there. Which comic book series that we set out to achieve in the
and see if I can, you know, future. way to point the camera is debuted in 2003, but also first season," he said. q

First woman Doctor Who wants to be a role model to all

By JOHN CARUCCI get the role, she noted that
NEW YORK (AP) — Jodie the casting announcement
Whittaker calls being cast seemed like a bigger deal
as the first woman to por- than it was because "gen-
tray Doctor Who "a step in der becomes immediately
the right direction" when it irrelevant within the show
comes to gender equality because the Doctor is the
in Hollywood, but doesn't Doctor."
feel that she's broken a The actress calls herself a
glass ceiling because "New Whovian" that began
there's more work to be watching the show after
done. she got the role. What she
Moments before the lat- learned from her binge
est season of "Doctor Who" watching was "how inclu-
debuted in a global-wide sive it is."
telecast on Sunday, Whit- On the floor of Comic Con,
taker was at New York fans spoke positively about
Comic Con with showrun- this Doctor.
ner Chris Chibnall, and Twelve-year old Danielle
Executive Producer Matt Nickelson, dressed as Har-
Strevens talking about the ley Quinn, was glad to see
new season and the histori- a woman in the role. "I like
cal casting decision. that they made it a wom-
"Do I think the glass ceiling In this July 21, 2018 file photo, Jodie Whittaker attends the Entertainment Weekly Comic-Con Cel- an, because usually now-
is broken? No. Do I think ebration in San Diego. adays shows don't really
that this is a positive step in Associated Press have girls in them. It's more
the direction of equality in like boys, like Spider-Man,"
the representation on film? help people, without doing gardless of gender. a hero for a girl, which is not Nickelson said.
Yeah. But it's not broken," anything drastic that may "When I was growing up, the case," she said. "And so, And in-between practic-
Whittaker said. alter the course of history. there was never a ques- I think the wonderful thing ing moves from her favor-
The long-running television Whittaker became the 13th tion that as a girl you would about this is being a role ite video game, "Street
series chronicles the ad- to play the eponymous look up to guys. That's what model for anyone, which Fighter," longtime fan Lia
ventures of an extraterres- character, and explains you did. Whereas there's the Doctor has always been Vanderlinden had her own
trial time lord who travels why she hopes to be a role a slight mythology in the regardless of gender."While take on accepting the new
to different time periods to model for everyone, re- sense if you're a girl, you're Whittaker was honored to Doctor.q