The Walking Dead came under fire back in 2016 when it brutally killed off fan favourite Glenn (played by Steven Yeun), and nearly a decade on, the leading star Andrew Lincoln has spoken out about the infamous episode. Andrew, 50, portrays Rick Grimes on the cult AMC series and appeared alongside Steven from the very start of the show. Despite being viewed as the heart and soul of the series by countless fans, this did not stop the writers from subjecting Glenn to an unthinkable end.
Glenn's valiant fight against hordes of undead, as well as falling for Lauren Cohan's Maggie, won him the admiration of viewers worldwide, but despite his best efforts he couldn't avoid meeting the gruesome fate staring at him straight from Robert Kirkman's original comic book series. READ MORE: Where to watch The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live in the UK READ MORE: The Walking Dead fans spot three major plot holes years after show ended Just as depicted in the source material, Glenn met a horrific death at the hands of arch-villain Negan (played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan). Viewers were traumatised as they watched Negan crush Glenn's skull with a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, shattering group leader Rick's morale in the process.
This shocking encounter was too much for some audience members, which seems to be acknowledged by Andrew himself in a recent interview with Empire magazine, where he admits: "I do still think [Glenn's death] might have been when we over-egged the omelette. "Maybe it wa.