SCOTT WILSON on HERSHEL + THE WALKING DEAD (Part B - MF GALAXY 11)
In 1967, actor Scott Wilson delivered a
chilling performance in In Cold Blood
that put him on the cover of Life
Magazine when he was only 24 years old. He went on to appear in numerous
celebrated films including The Great
Gatsby, The Right Stuff, Dead Man Walking, and Monster, and he was a recurring guest on CSI.
But it’s his work on the highest-rated US
television show, The Walking Dead, in
which Wilson plays veterinarian and farmer Hershel Greene, that has done more
than anything before to make Wilson a star. He now earns more from his
autograph-signing sessions at conventions than he does from acting, and The Walking Dead is the focus of our
conversation: the physical difficulties of playing Hershel; the dramatic power
of Hershel’s personality and character arc; and the series’ outstanding acting,
directing, and production.
Throughout this episode, Wilson refers to
Ernest Dickerson, the acclaimed television and feature filmmaker who directed
many of the most action-packed episodes of The Walking Dead. Wilson also refers
to Dickerson in the context of the 1992 Spike Lee feature Malcolm X, for which Dickerson was the director of
photography. At the end, Dickerson joins us to discuss working with Scott Wilson
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