THE WALKING DEAD Adds Academy Award Nominee Samantha Morton As Alpha; Leader Of The Whisperers

THE WALKING DEAD Adds Academy Award Nominee Samantha Morton As Alpha; Leader Of The Whisperers

The San Diego Comic-Con trailer for The Walking Dead teased the arrival of The Whisperers, and now we know who'll be playing their ruthless leader! Samantha Morton has joined the AMC series as Alpha...

By MarkCassidy - Jul 20, 2018 02:07 PM EST
Filed Under: The Walking Dead
It looks like Minority Report star Samantha Morton will be shaving her head for another role, this time as the latest big bad of The Walking Dead.

The recently released trailer for season 9 of AMC's zombie drama series gave us a little tease of The Whisperers right at the end, and now THR is reporting that the Academy Award nominated British actress has signed on to play their leader, Alpha.

In the comics, Alpha and her group disguise themselves as walkers by making grotesque masks of their faces so they can blend in and travel among the herd. This ruthless character makes life very difficult or Rick and co., and even ends up taking out a couple of major characters that are still breathing on the show (no spoilers).

Tell us, are you looking forward to the return of The Walking Dead? What do you think of this casting news? Drop us a comment in the usual place.
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L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 7/20/2018, 2:11 PM
The Whisperers always intrigued me when reading the comics. Cool story idea in TWD world, a group of people who blend in with the Walkers to get by.


Lothar
Lothar - 7/20/2018, 2:12 PM
Well I guess we have a pretty firm idea how ol’ Rick is exiting the show.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 7/20/2018, 2:27 PM
@Lothar - Haha. Yep.

CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 7/20/2018, 2:14 PM
Love me some Samantha Morton. The trailer got me exited but with Rick leaving the show I just don't see the point. Hope they get this guy for Beta.
LordHarryLatts
LordHarryLatts - 7/20/2018, 2:22 PM
She gonna shave her head ?
P862010
P862010 - 7/20/2018, 2:31 PM
@LordHarryLatts - probably she was close to bald in minority report
Benjamitesandwich
Benjamitesandwich - 7/20/2018, 2:22 PM
I gave up last season, but if I hear good things about the new season, I might just jump back in. I love the Whisperers.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 7/20/2018, 2:36 PM
Off-Topic:

Did anyone else see this? Surely this means Chameleon is in the film? I don't see why they'd hire a Russian-speaking script supervisor...

aflynn
aflynn - 7/20/2018, 2:37 PM
Oh damn now we know how all those people exiting the show are gonna go out and its gonna be insane when Alpha gets her hands on them.
LNBfett12
LNBfett12 - 7/20/2018, 2:37 PM
Wait, people still watch this show?
rabid
rabid - 7/20/2018, 3:25 PM
Too little, too late.
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