Well according to Bloody Disgusting in a recent interview with Tom Savini it looks as if AMC has someone in mind to play The Governor and that person is John Hawkes. While John is a great actor I really feel that Savini would be a better fit for the roll. He has the ability to truly bring that feeling of sociopathic unfeeling cruelty to the big screen and already has the look for the roll.
Maybe it’s because Savini is a horror icon. Maybe it’s because he’s been knee deep in the zombie genre since the beginning. Maybe it’s because he WANTS the roll but I really feel he should be at the top of the list for this one. Oh well. John isn’t a bad actor in the slightest I just feel for this roll it should be Tom.
“Listen, I have been campaigning to be the governor on that damn thing with Greg Nicotero for over a year,” Savini explains. “Everytime I see the graphic novel, and I see a picture of the governor, who looks just like me, I send Greg a picture. I just won’t give up. Last time I talked to him about it, when I was in Los Angeles, he said they were going after a name for that part. I said, “Who?” He said John Hawkes. Well, I never heard of John Hawkes. But then he reminds me that we were in ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ together. He is the guy at the beginning in the store that fires on them. Apparently he was up for an Academy Award. He was up for something called ‘Winter’s Bone’. That’s whom they are going after for The Governor. But everyone I talk to, the people that read the graphic novels…They’ve all said that I would be the perfect governor. Because he is tough and brutal. And…I look just like the graphic depiction of him!”
BUT they may not
According to Digital Spy the actor’s publicist recently told The Wrap that:
John is NOT appearing on The Walking Dead.
So does that mean the role is still open? Is the publicist out of the loop? More The Walking Dead Internet drama to follow until we actually find out who will be behind the mustache of The Governor!
