EW: What was your reaction when showrunner Scott Gimple told you about this episode and what was going to transpire?
McBRIDE: Well, it was a bit of a mystery when he first mentioned it. He said that Carol would be required to do something very difficult and I was thinking, oh dear, maybe there’s a scuffle between her and Tyreese. I had no idea. And then when I did read the episode and was going along and seeing how messed up Lizzie was…to answer your question, it was just devastating and heartbreaking. Period.
EW: When I spoke with Andrew Lincoln recently he told me he couldn’t believe when he read the script that you guys were going to go ahead and do this episode and he even went to Scott and was like, “Are we really going to do this?” Was there any part of you wondering whether this was just too much?
McBRIDE: No, because I figure they know what they’re doing. It was obviously so heavy and I just had to remember that there is this source material — Robert Kirkman’s source material — that they are pulling us from that and that’s what this show is. And it’s a story that needs to be told. It’s an element that had not been examined yet really from the perspective of our group — just the mental fragility and mindset and different perspectives of children. This is something that really needs to be explored in this world. And Carol’s arc has dealt so much with children that this group was the best one for this story to be told. It just had to be told.
McBRIDE: Well, it was a bit of a mystery when he first mentioned it. He said that Carol would be required to do something very difficult and I was thinking, oh dear, maybe there’s a scuffle between her and Tyreese. I had no idea. And then when I did read the episode and was going along and seeing how messed up Lizzie was…to answer your question, it was just devastating and heartbreaking. Period.
EW: When I spoke with Andrew Lincoln recently he told me he couldn’t believe when he read the script that you guys were going to go ahead and do this episode and he even went to Scott and was like, “Are we really going to do this?” Was there any part of you wondering whether this was just too much?
McBRIDE: No, because I figure they know what they’re doing. It was obviously so heavy and I just had to remember that there is this source material — Robert Kirkman’s source material — that they are pulling us from that and that’s what this show is. And it’s a story that needs to be told. It’s an element that had not been examined yet really from the perspective of our group — just the mental fragility and mindset and different perspectives of children. This is something that really needs to be explored in this world. And Carol’s arc has dealt so much with children that this group was the best one for this story to be told. It just had to be told.
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