"Went to C2E2 this weekend and met Lauren Cohan and Steven Yuen, who were there mainly for Walking Dead. But Lauren did a little dance and sang a little song when she got to sign my Supernatural S3 dvd set. It was quite adorable. I wish I could have gotten video."
"Actors Steven Yeun and Lauren Cohan, Glenn and Maggie on AMC's "The Walking Dead" television series based on the Robert Kirkman-written comic book series, took the stage before a standing room only crowd for a panel discussion at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo on Saturday afternoon. The pair discuss the relationship between their characters, looked back on the events of Season 2, what it's like working on the show, and teased the events of Season 3 before an appreciative and engaged crowd.
The crowd, many of whom were dressed as zombies, began gathering an hour before the panel and completely filled the IGN auditorium at C2E2. Every seat was taken; many were forced to stand. Yeun and Cohan appeared taken aback, and both took a moment to film the crowd when they first took their seats on the dais to talk about the show.
The panel's moderator, IGN's Chris Carl, said everyone seemed to be cheering for the Glenn and Maggie relationship in online outlets and elsewhere. "I think it's great that people enjoy hope in general," said Yeun. "The show that we're on is pretty brutal sometimes."
"I love seeing first love documented. I love all the games people play. I love movies about first love," Cohan said. "I just love the fact that -- I love -- that we have this really human story that's incredibly simple, in this horrible world that we're living in."
"I don't think they're necessarily playing games in terms of like, 'oh I'm going to wait three days before I text her back,'" said Yeun. "It's realistic. I think [fans] were upset, and they were, like, 'Glenn, what is wrong with you? Why are you not going after this beautiful girl, she wants you.' But, it's interesting to see someone balk at that, when it's clearly obvious, because in that situation, there's a lot of internal struggle that the Zombie Apocalypse gives to a person -- dead guys trying to eat you -- it makes for a really interesting part of their relationship that I think solidified it. To go through that. Instead of being like, 'I like you, you like me. I like boobs, you like other stuff...' It was good it built up to a good thing."
Lauren: I love the fact that there’s this incredibly human story, that’s incredibly simple in this horrible world that we’re living in.They also talked about the Walking Dead comic books and why they stopped reading them after a while:
Yeun: It’s realistic, you know. I think people were upset, like “Glenn, what’s wrong with you? Why are you not going after this beautiful girl? She wants you.” It’s interesting to see someone balk at that when it’s clearly obvious, because, in that situation, there’s a lot of internal struggle that the zombie apocalypse gives to a person.
Lauren: I’ve read to about halfway through the prison, but I don’t want to go beyond that. I think Maggie’s character has changed. It’s too confusing. It’s nice to just invest in the script medium.And speaking of the prison, the actors both couldn’t share any details of what the new location would entail because they haven’t “broken story” on the first half of Season 3. However, Yeun and Cohan did touch on how Rick’s transition into a more assertive and aggressive leader in the Walking Dead Season 2 Finale may impact the group moving forward.
Yeun: I think the show has kind of turned into its own thing. Definitely paying homage to the original material – but why wouldn’t people want two forms of entertainment? You don’t want people to see the exact [same thing], so I think to read ahead would be kind of a disservice to the show.
Lauren: It’s funny because Robert [Kirkman] was saying last night, as well, that he gets bored himself because he’s already done the stories with the comic, so he’s actually eager to create new fantastic deaths.
Yeun: You see people really at a crossroads between what’s right and what’s wrong. You even saw Rick falter a little bit. Shane’s gone now, so there’s no other side of the coin. Now it’s up to people to make their own choices, and now it’s a “Ricktatorship.”
Lauren: I think [Rick killing Shane] had to happen. I think Shane wanted him to do it. I think he was egging him on to do it. They couldn’t both wear the crown so to speak.
Yeun: It’s someone not being predictable. With Rick, I think you could always kind of see what he was going to do and the choices he was going to make, but now you don’t know because he went a little bit, slightly bonkers.
Lauren: Ever since the bar scene, when he killed those two guys, I think it’s very interesting to see the divide in his character.
Yeun: It’s like he’s grown a third ball. He’s got an extra ball to facilitate what’s going on.
"Heart of Darkness" finds Elena and Damon traveling to Colorado to meet up with Jeremy-in-exile. Why? Apparently they want to use Jeremy's intermittent talking-to-the-dead talents to ask the vampire Rose who sired her. That way, the Salvatores will be able to figure out which Original needs to stay alive.
Because it wouldn't be any fun to just watch Jeremy talk to empty air, Rose herself (Lauren Cohan), does indeed make an appearance.
"The Walking Dead actress/Supernatural alumna appears briefly in a promo for the CW saga’s next new episode (airing April 19), reprising her role as Rose, the likeable vamp who midway through Season 2 suffered a horrific werewolf-bite death.Hahah ... that's funny. And yeah, they should make Jeremy see her as often as possible, because people REALLY missed her.
In the upcoming installment, titled “Heart of Darkness”, Damon and Elena head to Denver to check on Jeremy — and since they’re already there, why not have baby bro put to good use his “I See Dead Vampires” skills?"
The Rose/Bela bracelet has SPN &TVD charms. SPN CHARMS: Team Winchester, Colt, John Winchester’s journal, Sam & Dean’s Tattoo, Dean’s Amulet. TVD CHARMS: Vampire Fangs, Team Damon, Damon ring charm, White rose, Mystic Falls. All of these charms are put onto a Blue Suede wrap bracelet.
