“It was still Madison to me, albeit completely different.
It was exciting to have the challenge.”
Madison Clark is finally back.
Kim Dickens on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Lauren “Lo” Smith/AMC
Madison has transformed from mother to baby-napper, stealing children and delivering them to P.A.D.R.E.
to sever connections between parent and offspring.
to help him reclaim Mo.
Kim Dickens and Lennie James on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Lauren “Lo” Smith/AMC
It was still Madison to me, albeit completely different.
It was exciting to have the challenge.
doesn’t have anything on her now.
Kim Dickens on ‘Fear the Walking Dead’.Lauren “Lo” Smith/AMC
So there’s a freedom that comes from it.
There’s a deep sadness, a devastating sadness.
It kind of comes full circle for her and brings her back to life.
You and Lennie James were obviously both part of that season 4 cast, but you never worked together.
What was it like to finally get to work with him here?
In season 4, we were both bummed that we weren’t getting to work together.
It was kind of hard to believe.
We were really aching for that.
There’s no greater scene partner than Lennie James, because we just had to jump in.
My first fight back was with Morgan.
No better hands to be in than Lennie James though.
Through the action and the sadness everything was great.
He’s such a great guy and an amazing talent.
We talked earlier aboutgetting back in shapeand all the physical stuff.
So what was it like being buried in sand?
Oh, Dalton, just a day in the life of an actor.
[Laughs]It was cool.
They fix it as nicely as they can.
They created a wooden box for me to sit on.
Then they sort of push all this sand around you and you’re there.
I think the first portion of the day I was in there for three hours straight.
Then I got a break, and I went back later for another two hours.
So they had to create the sand, and it was made from Graham crackers and Chex Mix.
It kind of smelled like cake.
But it was an interesting day.
You’re getting me hungry talking about Chex Mix.
I think everybody was hungry when they had to come around me on set.
The good thing is that they could get you out if you needed to.
I decided to just tough it out and I stayed for three hours.
I was so tired from it.
But ultimately, I like that scene a lot.
It’s a great scene!
It must have been hard where you have to whack those zombies while you’re buried in the sand.
When you don’t have your lower range of motion, that’s hard to do.
Yeah, you don’t have your quads to help you out.
How much did they talk about season 8, which you all are going to start filming soon?
Yeah, we start this summer.
They kind of mapped it out for me.
They were generous in giving me this sort of plan.
I’m excited to do it and see what other predicaments they’re going to put Madison in.
I look forward to working with some of the new characters.
I look forward to seeing the old gang as well.
It’s going to be exciting.
I think it’s going to be a great season.
No, I did not.
I did not do that, and I don’t really know why.
I was like, she’s in a different place.
But then, an hour or so in, it was like, “Oh yeah.”
It’s like riding a bike.
Now you’re heading to Georgia for season 8.
Do you want to go ahead and predict where season 9 is going to film?
Well, let’s have Paris, right?
Or Rome, or Italy somewhere.
