Back in August The Walking Dead creator Robert
Kirkman said that there have been some discussions about "making"
Daryl Dixon gay. His comment was quickly swept under the rug by the current
showrunner, Scott M. Gimple, who said that Daryl's sexuality will not be dealt
with in the upcoming season, and that the reveal will only happen when the
character gets close someone and feels as though he can fully trust her/he.
Speaking to GQ, The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus
reveals that after the first season there were some talks between him and then
showrunner, Frank Darabont about possibly revealing Daryl to be gay after the
first season.
"GQ: I do like the extremity of him perhaps being
a virgin.
NORMAN REEDUS: Yeah, totally. You know, a virgin is
interesting. I remember Frank Darabont, after the first season we were at a
party in LA, He said, 'I've got an idea for Daryl. He's gay. Would you be
interested in that?' I was like, 'Let me hear you out.' He said, 'Well, he's
prison gay—like, you'll catch him looking at a member of the same sex, but if
you mention it to him, he'll just stab you and be like what the [frick]?—he will never admit
it.' I was like, 'That'll blow minds—let's do that.' And he said, 'I knew I
hired you for a reason.' "
GQ: And then they fired him.
NORMAN REEDUS: Had nothing to do with that. But I like
playing all these different things. Daryl's not the type of guy who's gonna
throw somebody up against a tree in the moonlight. I don't see him as having
that kind of confidence. You could drop him off in the middle of the woods with
a stick and he'll come back well fed and doing well, but I don't think in
matters of the heart he's real secure."
What do
you think?
Source -
GQ
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