Terry Crews Talks 'Tales of the Walking Dead,' Reuniting With Olivia Munn and Killing Zombies (Exclusive)
15.08.2022 - 05:21
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series is winding down, with its last eight episodes airing in the fall, the zombie universe continues to expand, with being the latest installment in the franchise. The six-part, episodic anthology gives audiences a different perspective on the apocalypse as it tells various unexpected, standalone stories, including one about a doomsday prepper named Joe played by Terry Crews. “It was just an honor,” the actor tells ET about joining the franchise.
“I’m just proud that is a part of this whole thing.”For Crews, the series is not only a chance to officially join the franchise he’s long been a fan of, but it was also an opportunity to extend the legacy of George A. Romero’s 1968 horror classic,, which featured a Black protagonist and hero played by Duane Jones. “It was like Duane Jones, part two, you know what I mean?” Crews says.
“That’s all I could think about. I mean, I must have been 11 years old the first time I saw.
So, I was shook, like, ‘What?’ And to be in the same sort of world with, it’s like, ‘Oh my God, I’m here!’” [: Spoilers for premiere episode, “Evie/Joe”]In “Evie/Joe,” Joe lives a life of seclusion in a home he fortified years in advance of the outbreak. Despite the friends he made on the internet, he finds himself lonely and isolated after a zombie kills his one companion, his beloved dog Gilligan.
And that’s when he decides to venture out of his safe space and into the unknown to find a woman he connected with through chat rooms prior to society’s collapse. However, his journey outside is upended by an encounter with Evie (Olivia Munn), a free spirit with exceptional survival skills who both perplexes and astonishes Joe. Realizing they’re both on similar missions, the two travel the open road together to
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