It is about time that our survivors in the “The Walking Dead” found some peace and quiet. Recently, the gang made it inside the Alexandria Safe-Zone this week, and what they found was downright shocking. Behind the gates was a peaceful community overseen by Deanna Monroe, played by four-time Tony nominated Broadway veteran Tovah Feldshuh.
Alexandria is run by a creepy former “congressperson” from Ohio, Deanna Monroe. They don’t have any real problems with walkers because, as she explains, Northern Virginia was evacuated before the world turned upside down. Seems to be populated by maybe a hundred folks.
Feldshuh spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the role.
On getting the part
“They got in touch with me and I did go in and read in a scene, but it was for the head of intelligence from an entirely different script. The script was so camouflaged I had no idea. It had nothing whatsoever to do with the part I was then given. But the scene they gave me was fantastic and it must have had the traits they were looking for in the character they then offered me, which was Deanna Monroe.”
On what she was told about the character
That she was the head of a community and she was trying to get back to her constituency in Ohio and the army turned her back from where she was trying to go because they thought she would be killed. And they said, “You can settle here, there’s this huge development. The whole area is completely abandoned. People won’t even know you’re here and you can live in peace.” And that’s exactly what I do with my compatriots. I live in peace. And then I realize we need to build up our ranks, like any fledgling state, and our scouts observe Rick’s group and observe that even in the most dire, dire conditions they do not turn against each other. And I send Aaron to invite him to come to my compound and then interview him. And it’s this beautiful settlement that had been abandoned. I interview them, try to ascertain if they would be dangerous to us. But we do need their strength. And I offer them the gentleness of a good shower. I offer them a moment away from fear.
On how she sees Deanna
“Alexandria is named after the greatest city with the greatest library in the world—it was the first great library in Alexander’s empire. And Deanna is a woman of the book. She’s a woman of high intellect and a woman who is highly cultured. She’s a woman who knows how to get a grandma to babysit little children in her 30-member society. But as a great leader, she knows they need new blood. They need new blood to procreate. They need new genetic pools to get some strong blood in there. And she’s desperate for brawn, for warriors that they can trust.”
What do you think of the new character? Is the gang truly safe?
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The Walking Dead’s Tovah Feldshuh Reveals Details On Her Alexandria Leader
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