S05E01 - o homem que conversou com o povo do santuário - começou?

Segundo o criador Robert Kirkman, ele é definitivamente não Negan.

That was NOT Negan at the end of the episode. Note the face tattoos.

O papel de "Homem enlouquecido"ou o "homem grande", como nomeado pelo showrunner Scott Gimple é interpretado pelo ator Owen Harn.

The part of the "large man," as showrunner Scott M. Gimple called him, was played by Owen Harn, and was indeed the same man who was later devoured by walkers after his group invaded Terminus and was captured and held captive by Gareth's group. (Sorry, diehard comics fans, it's not Negan.)

Ele explica...

"He is the guy who has been torturing them in the flashback; they've locked him up and he's been kept in there ever since they took the place," Lincoln says, noting the character "isn't a factor anymore" — at least in the present day. Gimple tells THR that the character has a backstory with "a lot to the character," including a backstory and that the zombie drama may indeed reveal that the "large man's" group was connected to another band of crazies.

Enquanto ele estiver não Negan, Negan pode aparecer na temporada 5 (aviso: spoiler importante dos quadrinhos nesse artigo, se você ainda não conhece o Negan e o que ele faz).

While producers have repeatedly said that they wouldn't get to the character in season four, it's unclear if that same thought applies for the upcoming fifth season of AMC's zombie drama.

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"I love the different places we've been able to go with Negan and his [F-bomb-laden] vocabulary. … It's been a lot of fun and I'm as excited about bringing that character into the show as the fans are. … But we don't want to rush it and we have to do it the right way," he said of adding Negan to the AMC series. "If we introduced Negan 20 issues earlier in the comic, it wouldn't have been as cool. We're going to make sure we take our time and do it the right way."

Não, ele não é Negan.

Eu realmente pensei que isso era Negan também.