That was my first connection on the show! It’s very indelible inside of me and my character, Michonne’s soul: Andrea. I saw it on a screener, just like you, and I was really freaked by that, just to see her walk away from Andrea. What was involved in filming the “sliding doors” sequences? Some new footage, much was remixed after the fact … Someone asked me if I was disappointed that I didn’t get to be a walker … I don’t think so. I was very happy with what they came to for her. That was very important to me, to let them make those decisions.
So I left it up to them how they would navigate that exit. Painfully, I needed to walk away from the character, in terms of the show.
Very bittersweetly, I felt it was time to give more of myself to other aspects of my journey as an artist. I was the one who said I needed to step away. I had to leave that decision in the hands of the storytellers. 'Walking Dead' Shocker: Danai Gurira to Exit (Exclusive)ĭid you and the writers discuss a version where Michonne did not survive the series? Who would she have become if she hadn’t made that choice? For me, it was a moment that was so pivotal for me as I was stepping into the show: choosing to embrace this woman and step into her humanity. It was chilling to me, seeing Andrea fit into the story in this way. What does your life become based on one single choice? To see that choice to save Andrea, when she was at a time of great disconnect from her humanity, we see the journey now of what it could have been. Everything pivots on a single choice, on a pivotal choice. We see that the one choice she made, which we see the reverse of in the teaser, we see how she doesn’t make the choice to help Andrea. We see what you can do with the power you possess as a warrior. We see what happens when you’re stripped of your heart and your truth and your integrity. That journey was something where she could have just become the warrior. She’s a pragmatic warrior who functions from heart and truth. We see who Michonne could have become in the episode … but as she walks away from the series, who do you think she has become? The long and short of what you saw in the episode is what they came up with in the writers’ room. They had the wonderful architecture in place but I was able to contribute to it.
It really felt like a very generous way of giving the character her final nod as she leaves the show, to allow us to see who she could have been as opposed to who she has become. I was in the writers’ room for Americanah early last year - right around this time last year, in fact - and Angela told me about the architecture they had in place for the episode, the sliding doors component. I’m very thankful that there’s such a wonderful writing team on The Walking Dead. How much input did you have in the manner of Michonne’s departure? The desire to continue to tell stories that I hope resonate with people as they resonate with me, that’s definitely my core - and it continues to be.”Īhead, Gurira speaks with THR about saying goodbye to Michonne - if not forever, then certainly for now. That’s where we are: we’re really taking it beat by beat with what’s happening in the world, and what’s happening with everyone and everything. While we feel isolated from each other, we don’t have to disconnect. “We’re in a world where everything’s shifting. “Everything’s on hold right now,” she tells THR about the status of the series, amid the global coronavirus pandemic.
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For her part, speaking with THR, Danai Gurira is coy on the specifics: “I don’t know how much I can talk about it but we’ll see what way, shape or form that ends up.” For now, Gurira is more focused on a different artistic pursuit, as showrunner of the HBO Max series Americanah, starring Lupita Nyong’o and based on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel of the same name. Gimple tells The Hollywood Reporter he has plans for Michonne, whether in the Rick-focused feature film world or in a spinoff all her own. Is that the last we’ll see of Michonne in the Walking Dead universe? Almost certainly not, as franchise chief Scott M. The episode ends with Michonne saving two strangers in the wild, potentially joining a new community of survivors as a result. After a radio call with their daughter Judith (Cailey Fleming), Michonne decides to go off on a quest to find her long lost love. What’s more, as she digs deeper into the island’s resources, Michonne finds new proof of Rick’s life. When she regains her sanity and the upper hand, Michonne convinces fellow prisoners on the island to spare Virgil’s life. 'Walking Dead' Bosses Break Down Danai Gurira's Departure and the Franchise's Future
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