Why did Andrew Lincoln leave Season 9 of The Walking Dead? At SDCC 2022, a new spin-off series is announced, and the cause is examined.
The Walking Dead, a beloved television series based on the well-known Robert Kirkman comic book series of the same name, has at last revealed a spin-off.
On July 21, 2022, The Walking Dead conducted a panel at San Diego Comic-Con. Fans were in for a treat. Danai Gurira and Andrew Lincoln made an appearance together to promote their upcoming spin-off series of the original show.
The 2010 AMC series has maintained its devoted fans for more than ten years. One of the series’ main characters, Rick Grimes, was portrayed by actor Andrew Lincoln.
But in 2018, Lincoln abruptly left the series after being involved with it for almost ten years. In light of the recent announcement, which will allow viewers the chance to witness Lincoln resume his role as Grimes, let’s examine the cause of his departure.
The Walking Dead is a program that frequently kills off its lead characters. Nobody, however, had anticipated that the protagonist would abruptly quit appearing in the series because figures like Rick Grimes and Daryl Dixon were thought to be the show’s stalwarts.
Many people found it strange when Andrew Lincoln abruptly decided to stop playing the main character in The Walking Dead. The Rick Grimes actor later revealed, however, that he had departed the show in order to be closer to his family. The devoted father missed his family badly when his two kids were living at his house in the UK.
The actor had to spend a lot of time away from his kids because the majority of the series’ production took place in Atlanta, and he wanted to change that. Lincoln made the decision to leave the program in order to spend more time with his family.
Before the start of Season 9, it was revealed that Andrew Lincoln would be departing the show, necessitating the deletion of Grimes from the plot. Fans questioned how the show would appropriately accomplish this.
Grimes last made an appearance in the fifth episode of Season 9, where he was briefly thought to be dead after dynamite caused a bridge to blow up. It was revealed that he had survived when viewers caught a sight of him taking off in a chopper with Anne and her pals.
In order to launch the new Rick and Michonne series, The Walking Dead actor Andrew Lincoln spoke at the San Diego Comic-Con alongside co-star Danai Gurira. The Rick Grimes movies that were first announced in 2018 will be replaced by the spin-off when it debuts on AMC+ in 2023. Regarding the spin-off, Gurira said:
We have been preparing something for you all because we have been missing you and we owe you the resolution to the Rick and Michonne story, Lincoln continued.
Personally, I can’t wait to don my cowboy hat once more and reassemble the band.
The romance between Grimes and Michonne will be the sole subject of the limited series spin-off. For supporters who were miffed by Grimes’ abrupt exit, the announcement has come as a pleasant comfort. Around that time, Michonne was also the last character to be seen in the show as she set out to find Rick.
