A: Personally, I am more terrified of ghosts. It stems from the fact that it's not tangible per se. It's something I can't physically harm. What does freak me out about walkers is that you can hit them, rip their arm off, let's say, and they'll still keep coming at you. It's that persistence that is terrifying because it borderline-treads on that idea of a ghost, where I can't do any harm to it.
Q: Did you get to know any of the walker extras?
A: I did get to talk to some of them. One gave me a back massage, which was nice. She said she used to be a masseuse so I said, "Ok, great." I hope no fans were watching to see Glenn cavorting with the enemy.
Q: What did the guts of the walker you were smearing on yourself really smell like?
A: Oh my gosh, horrible. So horrible. All props to Greg and his team. It was not hard to believe what was going on. It didn't smell like what guts probably would, thank God, or I would have totally yakked. But it definitely had this chemically, rubbery smell. All I know is it looks ridiculously real. The moment we had it on us, Andy and I looked at each other in absolute disgust.
Q: The director of episode 2, Michelle MacLaren, told us she has a big rat phobia. Did you have any trouble shooting those scenes?
A: I'm such a jerk because I love animals. All I could think about was petting those rats and holding them, and I am that guy where I will want to make you enjoy it like I do. When I found out she didn't like rats I was like, "Michelle come on, just pet one." I would bring them over to her. "Just pet it." She would flip out. Flip out. She was pretty brave. Obviously, she wasn't happy about the circumstances but given the fact that there were live rats, like five of them, running around she was pretty calm. She buckled down and said, "Alright, let's shoot this." She was standing on a stool, but she did it.
Q: Why weren't you afraid?
A: I was a psych major in college and I actually owned two white lab rats. I had to train them and I took them home so that's just kind of missing for me. That's probably where I would say I'm close to Glenn. I'm stupidly curious. I will go and touch anything until I find out that it's very harmful. I'm kind of your Bart Simpson with the electric cupcake thing.
Source: amctv
