Norman Reedus talk about why chose to be in The Walking Dead

Norman Reedus  capitalised on his fame through  Boondock Saints, but the popularity came with The Walking Dead.

"I went to Los Angeles for pilot season just to see what was on TV because it was starting to be something really big. I was already seeing as AMC series Breaking Bad and Mad Men religiously. There were many similar scripts - hospitals and policiales- dramas and then The Walking Dead was so different. He stuck out like a sore thumb. I felt it would be something I would look cool. I asked to go and do something, even something just for one day. They put me in a hearing - not in front of Frank [Darabont] - but I did read a few lines of Merle ".

Merle  was the brother of  Daryl  in fiction so that the first idea was that  Reedus  out this character and not  Dixon , but responsible at the time , Frank Darabont  and producer  Gale Anne Hurd  were not really interested in the actor since they had signed Michael Rooker to be  Merle  and finally saw.

Reedus however liked and therefore was called for another second casting in  New York:

"I went and read different lines Merle. I thought maybe Rooker would not. When I left the offices in New York, I was walking home through Chinatown and got a call saying that Frank had a new personage Daryl - for me. I did cartwheels in Chinatown! Was it a dream. I did not know how long it would last or whether it would be only for one episode. "

Considering that  The Walking Dead  already had a full list of characters drawn comics, one of the most respected writers and directors of  Hollywood  created a new character specifically for Reedus  was something quite special. If we think well,   Daryl  is now one of the main reasons why fans are so passionate series, and has been at the center of the series since almost the beginning, and every season although rumours of its death have always survives so that Reedus can say it definitely was a success ask to be on the show and in fact choosing it before any other because, once met Daryl, you imagine the actor as a doctor or a policeman in any other series? Surely No.