Steve Warren has played a zombie 3 times now. His last work before being cast as one of the first zombies The Walking Dead hero Rick Grimes comes into contact with, was in the hilarious Zombieland.
Warren in full makeup in this production photo.
When asked about his scene in TWD he went into glorious detail.
"My favorite scene so far was when I chased a couple of the main characters up a fire escape ladder, maybe 30 feet. We shot it several times for different camera angles and such, and I had to climb clumsily like a zombie would. I'm not sure I could have done it as myself," said Warren, "I was never a great climber and while I'm not afraid of heights, I'm not fond of them either. But when a director says, "You. Zombie. Climb," you do it. That's what I love about acting!" he said.
With only the few amount of production stills released thus far it appears TWD will be very faithful to it's comic counterpart and Warren backs this from what he's heard playing one of the flesh eaters.
"I can only go by hearsay on that. A lot of extras are longtime fans and every one I've talked to has been impressed with how faithful they're being to Kirkman's original vision. He seemed happy too, when he visited the set," said Warren.
He wrapped up his fanclub interview praising the pilot episode's visionary director Frank Darabont saying, "Of course he just directed the first episode, but the days I worked with him I was impressed with how hands-on he was. A lot of directors will sit back in the "video village" and send their assistants out to deal with things, unless they have to discuss sensitive issues with the stars; but Frank was out there in the trenches with us, in the hot sun, and you could tell he was enjoying himself," said Warren.