The Walking Dead isn’t exactly a show known for its upbeat, sunny disposition.

But, following events from Sunday’s midseason finale, Norman Reedus says life in this zombie-filled universe is about to get very dark. Isn’t it already pretty dark, I asked over the phone.

“It’s about to get even darker,” the actor said. “For everybody.”

“Sophia represented this other way of life to Daryl,” Reedus explained, referring to the 12-year old who was revealed to be a walker in the final few moments of the 2011 finale. “She was his hope for a new new beginning. If he could find this little girl, he could put a lot behind him… with that gone, let’s just say Daryl is gonna be really pissed.”

Does her death signal the end of farm life for this cast of survivors?

“I think it’s kaput, yes,” Reedus said.

While The Walking Dead has enjoyed massive ratings, some have criticized the drama for moving too slowly throughout its opening set of season two episodes. Reedus isn’t among them, but he does admit that he prefers action to conversation.

“I’m always moving on set,” Reedus says. “I don’t like to play this character with my two feet in the same spot for very long. I don’t think Daryl is someone who wants to just sit and talk very much. He wants to get out there and do something.”

Fortunately for Reedus and for millions of viewers, there will be plenty of opportunities for just that when season two resumes in February.

“The second half is just crazy,” says the actor. “People are done talking. When we come back, trust me, there’s nothing but fireworks.”

Norman Reedus never wanted Daryl Dixon, the redneck he plays in AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” to be a younger version of Daryl’s racist brother, Merle.

He’s definitely showing more sides of Daryl in Season 2 of the hit series, making the fan favorite both tender and tough. He’s still a loner, but he’s slowly opening up to individuals in the group.

He’s also become a real hero in the face of the zombie apocalypse. While other members of his group are ready to hang up the search for young Sophia, Daryl remains committed to finding Carol’s daughter—most likely because he feels a kinship as the survivor of abuse himself.

“You feel for Daryl,” Reedus told me at the beginning of the season. “He’s just as ferocious as ever, but you understand why he’s not just a nut, he’s not just Merle again.

“He’s a guy that’s just incredibly emotionally and spiritually damaged.”

It’s a standout portrayal by Reedus, one that Andrew Lincoln, who plays Rick Grimes, called “phenomenal.”

“What he’s done with this role is beautiful and bewitching, and really intelligent as well,” Lincoln said in a separate interview. “Norman’s a great, great actor.”

In the two most recent episodes (spoilers if you haven’t seen them), Reedus showed the depth he’s found in Daryl, who last week told Carol a lovely story about the Cherokee Rose and, in Sunday’s “Chupacabra,” went all badass again, pulling an arrow out of his own side to use it to kill a zombie, eating squirrel sushi and making a necklace out of zombie ears.

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The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus has joined Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon in the indie film, Sunlight Jr..

The movie revolves around a Florida couple dealing with an unexpected pregnancy while holding minimum wage jobs. The actor will play Naomi Watts’ ex-boyfriend.

Laurie Collyer will be directing with Charlie Corwin and Andrea Roa set to produce. The project starts production in December in Florida.

Sunlight Jr. comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Naomi Watts, Matt Dillon, Norman Reedus. The film is directed by Laurie Collyer.

Norman Reedus recently did an interview with Time Out Dubai talking about his character Daryl Dixon on the hit series The Walking Dead, check it out:

For those of you yet to discover the post-apocolyptic drama The Walking Dead, it’s a seat-squirming US horror series based on the comic books, first published in 2003, that revolve around the lives of a small group of survivors as they struggle to live in a zombie-dominated world. Luckily for UAE fans of the show, the second season airs every Wednesday on FX at 9.30pm – the same time as in the rest of the world. Here, Norman Reedus tells us about the show and his character, Atlanta survivor Daryl Dixon.

Do you have to get fit to run away from zombies at the beginning of each summer?
I did a film in between, but you lose weight and get fit just being in Atlanta because it’s 100 billion degrees here. Atlanta is definitely a character in the show. I think it helps constantly sweating, because you’re constantly uncomfortable.

Was Daryl always designed to be a regular on the show?
That’s the bad thing about being on a zombie show. You never know when you’re going to get bit, but I knew if I did a good job I’d be here for a while. It’s my favourite job I’ve ever been on. So I hope it lasts a long time.

What makes it your favourite?
I like the crew and the cast. I had fears going into television that it might become boring to me and I always like to be challenged and push myself. With this, I try to make the best of every single day and I try to find the nuances that make Daryl a unique guy and not just a hero or antihero.

Daryl has a particular way of offing zombies, is that something that carries on and does he branch out and try new ways?
I have a couple of cool kills. The double axe is one. He’s sort of like MacGyver when it comes to murder. He’ll kill you with whatever is around.

Are you going to keep killing zombies with the arrow?
Oh yeah. I’m not going to let that go. I’m going to try and hold on to that as much as possible. The thing with the crossbow is that it’s quiet so you don’t attract other zombies. The only bad part is that I’ve got to get my arrow back after they’ve been killed.

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Are you ready for the most disgusting scene in the history of The Walking Dead? Norman Reedus was! The actor, who plays Daryl Dixon on the AMC drama, has the pleasure of giving us a guided tour through the inside of a zombie on Sunday night’s season 2 premiere, and he stopped by the InsideTV Podcast to tell us all about the gory glory. Other topics up for discussion: the weapon Reedus is dying to use to kill off the undead (even more than his crossbow!), a possible Dixon family reunion with the missing Merle (played by Michael Rooker), and his take on the whole Frank Darabont situation. Reedus also explains the difference between Walking Dead fans and devotees of his other cult hit, The Boondock Saints. “They’ll run across the street and just tackle you to the ground,” he says of the latter. Also learn why the actor is practically impossible to beat at paintball!

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Norman Reedus stars as Lax. Reedus is best known for his work in The Boondock Saints movies and the hit show The Walking Dead as well as Lady Gaga’s video Judas.

Thank you to Tep Pope for allowing me to share these photo with all you Norman fans. Back in August Norman, along with Sean and David made an appearance at the Chicago Wizard World Comic Con. I also had the pleasure of meeting Norman. Norman was one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met. He treats you as though he’s known you forever! Thank you Norman! Click the thumbnails for a larger size.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – As every fan of “The Walking Dead” is well aware, this zombie-apocalypse drama will return for its much-awaited second season on Oct. 16. But AMC is announcing news that should bring delighted chills to any “Dead” devotee.

For starters, the season premiere won’t be just an hour, but 90 creepy minutes.

The story resumes with the band of survivors fleeing zombie-overrun Atlanta and heading south for Fort Benning, Ga., 125 miles away, where they hope to find refuge at the U.S. Army post. But the group doesn’t get far before meeting a new set of, um, challenges on a desolate stretch of four-lane.

In recent weeks, the show has been the subject of worrisome reports: a trimming of the budget and the abrupt departure of original showrunner Frank Darabont. But judging from an advance look at this closely guarded premiere, “Dead” remains full of life.

The episode includes a big-time zombie encounter and a stomach-churning interlude. Then the final scene packs a wallop.

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Comic-Con is a crazy blur of activity when you’re trying to coordinate coverage, even with a team as good as the one we took this year. We did very well at dividing things up, but every now and then, you come up a little short-handed and you end up scrambling.

In our case, we found ourselves short on the TV side on Saturday night when we were offered a chance to interview the cast of “The Walking Dead,” and since I enjoyed the show, I jumped in to handle the conversations on-camera. Unfortunately, we found ourselves in the middle of what seemed to be pure chaos on the part of the publicists handling the event, and even though we showed up exactly when we were supposed to, from the moment we began, we were told that the event was already running late and everyone had to go.

Maddening, really. As we stood there, we watched them march Andrew Lincoln right by us, then Jon Bernthal, then Sarah Wayne Callies. All of them were hustled into waiting cars and whisked off to a dinner with Frank Darabont. Keep in mind, at this point, we hadn’t heard anything about the creative shuffle behind-the-scenes, and earlier in the day, at the “Walking Dead” panel, there had been no indication that things were about to change. It’s one thing if we’d just shown up at that spot and tried to wrangle some interviews without an invitation, but we were there because they asked us to be there, and yet the closest we got to most of the cast was to watch them walk away.

The only reason I got Norman Reedus to stop is because I worked with Norman on the “Masters Of Horror” episode “Cigarette Burns,” which John Carpenter directed. When Norman saw me, he walked over to say hello, and I asked if he’d be willing to jump in front of the camera for a few. The one cast member that the publicists actually brought over and actually formally presented to us to interview was Steven Yeun, who plays Glenn on the show. We managed to wrangle one other interview that we’re still cutting, and we’ll put that up later in the week. For now, you can see Reedus embedded at the top of the story and here’s Yeun for you:

There has been no official word on a sequel to The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. But now it seems a TV series may be crafted instead of a third movie.

Troy Duffy, who wrote and directed both Boondock Saints and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, has revealed that there is interest in turning the franchise into a weekly Boondock Saints show.

Here’s what the writer-director had to say below, indicating that franchise stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus would return as the McManus brothers for this small screen project.

“We’ve been approached to do a possible Boondock Saints TV series. So the fans may be getting a part 3 as a television show. We might be able to pull that off….I actually called both Sean and Norman and they both said ‘Hell yeah, we’ll drop everything.’

When asked if the possible TV suitor is a cable network such as HBO or AMC, Troy Duffy simply replied, “That is correct.” One of those networks could likely allow the type of violence and language fans of Boondock Saints have come to expect and enjoy in this particular movie series.

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day was released October 30th, 2009 and stars Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Clifton Collins Jr., Julie Benz, Bob Marley, Brian Mahoney, David Ferry. The film is directed by Troy Duffy.

Boondock Saints was released January 21st, 2000 and stars Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco, Billy Connolly, David Ferry, Brian Mahoney, Bob Marley. The film is directed by Troy Duffy.