


His character may be associated with The Commonwealth, but he could also be one of the Reapers - the antagonistic group following Maggie at the end of season 10. Ritchie Coster ( The Flight Attendant) is joining in an as-yet unnamed role.

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She’s the Governor of the Commonwealth, in fact, and one of the last antagonists in the series as a whole. Laila Robbins ( The Boys) will be playing Pamela Milton, another key character from the Commonwealth arc in The Walking Dead comics. “ awkward kid who loved to read comic books, getting to step into the shoes of a really awesome comic book character is just a dream.”ĭuring the brief SDCC panel, showrunner Angela Kang announced three new actors for the final season as well. “This experience has been a joy,” Shaw said during the panel. And while the 2021 San Diego Comic-Con panel for The Walking Dead did not reveal too much about how or when The Commonwealth will factor into the AMC series’ final season, it did give comic readers an idea of which new characters they can look forward to seeing from the page on the screen.Įarlier in the year, actor Michael James Shaw was cast as Mercer, a chief officer of The Commonwealth. For those familiar with the source material that means arriving to The Commonwealth. As The Walking Dead moves into its final season, it has one last opportunity to adapt characters and storylines from Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore’s graphic novel series and have them interact with the already complicated lives of the survivors we’ve known on screen for almost 12 years.
