The Governor Back On 'The Walking Dead,' But What Can We Expect From His Return?
David Morrissey has won more than his fair share of fans for playing everyone's favorite character to hate on AMC's The Walking Dead. Last week, in the dying seconds of episode five (season four), we got our first glimpse of the returning Gov. and this week the entire episode was dedicated to the time he's spent between now and the end of season three, but we're still no closer to knowing what he wants.
Sitting down to speak with Rolling Stone, Morrissey digressed on what his character has been through and what he might want now that he is back in the frame in the series. Although unwilling to give too much away, Morrissey did give indications - similar to what we saw in last night's episode - that The Gov. may return as a changed man.
Although admitting that his return spells "bad news for Rick and everybody else inside the prison," Morrissey mentioned that, "we don't know whether he's up to scope it and plan an attack on the prison or whether he's there to negotiate, or whether he's a changed man as he's standing there. We don’t know that yet."
Next page: is The Governor a changed man?
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"He wants to be [a changed man], but I think he's intelligent enough to know that the man that he was is still lurking inside," Morrissey continued. "He absolutely knows his capability for badness, his capability for evil, for going into blackouts, I would suggest. Not knowing his own actions, not knowing what he's capable of — he's fighting that all the time and I think if you're aware of that about yourself, then when that happens to you, the people you don't want to be around is people that you love. Because that's a terrible, terrible situation, and it makes it hard for people that you love."
The British actor went on to note how, in season four, The Governor is at an important crossroads in his life, and must chose whether to "step up again and become this leader and whether he's going to try and take control, or alternatively he could go on to become a quiet, retired man no longer obsessed with power. Of course, overcoming our demons is no hard feat, even if you are the Governor.
"A man who’s not wanting to be a leader, a man who’s fighting leadership, and man who's fighting responsibility, a man who's trying to get away from the human race and the responsibilities around that."
Morrissey went on to describe his character in the current season and whilst he didn't give too much information away, he did have one exciting bit of news to give. We may not be at the halfway point in the season yet, but don't expect The Governor to go away any time soon, as Morrissey confirmed that he will be around for the rest of the season. Good news for us, bad news for Rick.