“I was like, ‘Oh no, my fly is down!'”
“They’re like, ‘We’ll fix it in post.’
And I was like, ‘You know what?
Josh Hamilton as Lance Hornsby on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
Don’t.'”
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tell me about when and how you found out about Lance’s fate?
And they were like, “Uh, no, you’ll be done by this date.”
Josh Hamilton as Lance Hornsby on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
I was like, “Oh, okay.”
So that was the first heads-up, because I was like, “That seems a little early.”
[Laughs] But then I got that final script.
Josh Hamilton as Lance Hornsby on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
so it wasn’t out of the blue.
I try not to take it too personally.
It’s a thing at the end of the season.
Normal Reedus (Daryl), Melissa McBride (Carol), and Josh Hamilton (Hornsby) on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC
What was it like shooting the death scene?
There was the technical stuff, and there was the emotional stuff of feeling so betrayed by Carol.
And that’s why he grabs the gun.
I don’t think he even has time to think about it.
There wasn’t even time to register that she had shot him.
And it was the end of the night.
It was the last shot.
It was just one of those things where we’re like, “Are we gonna get it?
Are we gonna get it?
Are we gonna get it?”
And when we finally got it, it was like, “Yeah!”
And they ran off because they had to pull the plug at the end of the night.
And then I realized that my fly had been down that shot.
[Laughs] First, I was like, “Oh no, my fly is down!”
They’re like, “We’ll fix it in post.”
And I was like, “You know what?
He knows these two are killers.
I don’t think it’s well thought out.
I mean, Lance has had a tough couple of days.
He’s not at the top of his game, strategically.
It was a choice with not a lot of thought put into.
It was totally instinctive.
What was your take on him?
And I was like: Is Lance going be an interesting villain for anyone?
He’s not wearing anyone’s skins on his face.
He doesn’t have his dead daughter tied up in a back room.
He’s not Negan, who’s the most charming villain of all time.
And that means often doing terrible things and breaking lots of eggs to make an omelet.
I don’t think he was mustache twirling and cynical.
I think he actually really did believe in his mission.
Those are the people in society who scare me.
That guy died back in that cell.”
Is that true, or does he at least believe that to be true?
He might think that that’s true in that moment.
But has he changed?
I don’t know.
I think he wants to be a better person.
He’s grasping at straws.
I don’t think he’s at the top of his game strategically.
He’s trying to work every possible angle.
He’s just desperate.
It was the crane scene.
It was a night shoot, and it was sort of emotional and it was sticky.
Can we talk about the haircut?
I have taken to calling it the Lance.
How did you guys come up with the haircut?
Do you miss the haircut?
Are you going back to the haircut?
I don’t think I even own a comb.
