Collider: How did this come about for you? Does Frank Darabont just call you when he has a role that he thinks you’re suited for, and you say, “Yes, of course! I’m in!”?Jeffrey DeMunn: Yes.
Collider: Are you passed the point where you have to read the script before making a decision? Do you just trust him completely?
Jeffrey DeMunn: Absolutely! I was doing Death of a Salesman down in Dallas, and he called me up and said, “Do you want to come to Atlanta and kill zombies?,” and I said, “Sure!” I know that when I’m working with Frank, I’m working with the best and it’s going to be exciting. He surrounds himself with such extraordinary talent that you can trust every department. It’s astounding. So, yeah, it’s a no-brainer for me.
Collider: What’s it been like to work with Jon Bernthal again, on this show?
Jeffrey DeMunn: It was fabulous. In addition, Jon and I became very fast friends on The Walking Dead. Experiences that we both went through on that show brought us very close together, and we’ll be friends for the rest of my time.
Collider: Your character seems like this honest guy, but will that be difficult for him to hang onto?
Jeffrey DeMunn: You’ll have to see. You never know. Everybody has their weaknesses.
Collider: Do you feel like you’ve only just started to scratch the surface with these characters? Would you like to do future seasons of this show?
Jeffrey DeMunn: I think we were half-way through, or three-quarters of the way through shooting this season, and I went to Frank and said, “Okay, I want this show to go on. I want another three seasons of this.” I could feel it in all of us, which was the nice thing. I wasn’t just talking about me. I could feel it in all the people around me. It was taking on a life of its own with this group. If you can get that, you don’t say no. That’s a gift.
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