Ian Goldberg and Andrew Chambliss answer our season 8 premiere burning questions.
Fear the Walking Deadbegan its eighth and final season in jarring fashion.
So yeah, it was a super awkward family reunion.
Kim Dickens and Zoey Merchant on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Lauren “Lo” Smith/AMC
ENTERTAINMENT WEKELY: Tell me about the decision to do a big seven-year time jump?
IAN GOLDBERG:Well, there were a few reasons why we started to gravitate in that direction.
She’s grown up thinking she’s Wren.
Kim Dickens on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Lauren “Lo” Smith/AMC
It just felt like the right lens to tell that story through.
Was there any consideration about aligning timelines with otherWalking Deadshows?
ANDREW CHAMBLISS:That wasn’t the driving force behind it.
Kim Dickens and Maya Eshet on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Lauren “Lo” Smith/AMC
It was really kind of a happy accident when we sat down and did the math.
And then there were also some other, practical reasons, too.
The two-year-old who was playing Mo was growing up way too fast for us.
Kim Dickens and Lennie James on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Lauren “Lo” Smith/AMC
[Laughs] She was much older by the end of season 7 than the character should have been.
That was one of the other factors that came into play.
There maybe is a reason to take that risk beyond just wanting to punish Madison and torture her.
What about all this graffiti on the wall in the house they go to?
Why did he feel he was incapable of protecting her?
And why has he essentially become a loyal collector to PADRE?
How many bird names did you all have to look up for this season?
Did you make a big list?
How did that work?
That’s kind of dumb.
Oh, God, Lennie will kill us if we call him that!"
So we kind of saved the ones we really liked and spread them out over the season.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
