Norman Reedus never dreamt of being a star — and he definitely never thought it’d be possible to have his name on a star the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The “Walking Dead” actor, who has been par…
” actor, who has been part of the massive AMC franchise for 12 years and will continue after the show ends with his own spinoff, has come a long way since being discovered the day he was fired from a motorcycle shop after getting into an argument with his boss.“A friend of mine said, ‘Hey, let me take you to a party to make you feel better. It was one of those big Hollywood parties in a big house,” he recalls of that night in 1990.
“At the time, my real father was dying. We did a scene when the father kind of stands up out of the wheelchair and gives me a hug. It’s this big, emotional breakdown moment,” Reedus recalls. He asked for 10 minutes to prepare. “I called my real dad and had a conversation with him as best as he could. They came in and got me in, I put the phone away and I did the scene. I cried so much that so much stuff came out of my nose and it was just a big mess.
Scott Gimple recalls his first time meeting Reedus when he came on as a producer in Season 2. “I remember shortly after my boots touched the gravel on set, Norman approached me to immediately talk about a story point. It was kind of an intense conversation right off the bat, because we weren’t in agreement,” he says. “But it was pretty cool because — BOOM — we were right into work and we both immediately discovered how passionate we are about storytelling.
Reedus agrees the Daryl is much tougher than he is: “I’m a city boy putting together an art show in Paris right now. I’m taking pictures and editing! I do think Norman could ride a motorcycle better than Daryl, but Darrell would never wear a helmet.”in the spinoff with Reedus, as it filmed in Europe and relocating was no longer possible for her. Following the news, he defended her, saying she dissevered a break.
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