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"Guys, I would like to introduce the cast of The Walking Dead: Mr. Andrew Lincoln, Sarah Wayne Callies, Jon Bernthal, Lexa Sommers, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Steven Yeun, and Norman Reedus!"
Lexa was entirely used to the level of applause the roared throughout the expansive room as their names were called and they walked out onto stage, but the increase in cheers and claps as Norman took his place beside Steven was something that made Lexa roll her eyes, a slight smile playing on her lips.
"Oh, my gosh, okay, there's a lot of you guys, I don't know if I can hear everyone so well," Chris Hardwick started, just barely adjusting his podium to be able to see the long row of actors and actresses all seated at the table. "Uh, welcome, welcome Walking Dead cast! Um, first of all, uh, great job! Well done. Is this your first con, Andrew?"
"This is my second con," Andrew curtly replied, his thick British accent an absolute contrast to the southern one that Lexa had to bare while they were working, "but it's still just as scary."
Chris chuckled, along with a portion of the crowd, and replied, "So, let's talk a little bit about, um, how you guys got involved with the show. We're gonna go one at a time, so, uh... Andrew."
"Yeah, uh, the script came through my agent and I just, uh... My son had just been born and I hadn't slept for eighteen days, and I looked like I'd survived a zombie apocalypse. I pinged myself on the internet to Frank Darabont, and they got back the next day and they said, 'Can you fly out?' And I screen-tested in his garage with this man here," he pointed his index finger to Jon, who replied with nothing but a small smirk, "and his dog. It's all about Boss, his dog; that's basically the reason I got it 'cause he calmed me down. They told me pretty soon afterwards, and I couldn't believe my luck. It's one of the greatest - It's just the greatest job I've ever been involved in and it keeps getting better and better, so thank you for watching it."
"You guys," Chris spoke over the light applause, "you're all actors. As actors, you're sort of freelancers; you never know what's gonna catch and what's gonna - you know, you work on something and you never hear about it again. But, Sarah, with you, what did it feel like when you heard the next day, like, 'Oh, this is one of the biggest shows on television now.' Were you even thinking along those lines when you were filming the show?"
"No," Sarah quickly answered, breathing out a soft laugh as she turned her head to look at Chris. "You work as hard on a failure as you do on a success. You pour yourself into something and you give it everything you have, and on this one, particularly, I was sort of worried that I might have jinxed it because I loved it so much. I can't tell you what it's like to show up to work everyday with these people. It's such a joy. But you love it so much and you sort of think, 'We only got to do six of them. I wonder if they'll let us do a little more.'And then the numbers come out and you go, 'Oh, now we can really scare you. Now we can really do things that are dangerous.' And the scripts this season are unprecedented. They're the best television scripts I've ever seen."
