Norman Res Said He Would Have ‘Rocked’ a Gay Storyle on ‘The Walkg Dead’ – IndieWire

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"The Walkg Dead" star Norman Res weighed on the possibily of his character, Daryl Dixon, beg gay a "Conan" terview on Tuday. "If that's the story they gave me, I would rock that story. I'm not aaid of ," Res said.

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WATCH: ‘WALKG DEAD’ STAR NORMAN RES IS ‘NOT AAID’ TO PLAY DARYL GAY

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One of The Walkg Dead's biggt mysteri is one that hasn't actually ever been addrsed on the AMC h seri: is Daryl Dixon (Norman Res) gay? "I do have to clear somethg up, though: the letter lumn of the ic book that I do, I mentned that there was a possibily early on about makg Daryl Dixon's character gay. Kirkman did reveal that a "very proment gay character om the ics" will be troduced the send half of the fifth of the character have often "shipped" him wh Carol (Melissa McBri), whom he stck up a iendship wh season one, and then Beth (Ey Kney), who got closer to the guard Daryl season four.

IS NORMAN RES GAY? HIS THOUGHTS ON GAY CHARACTERS

Norman Res Said He Would Have 'Rocked' a Gay Storyle on 'The Walkg Dead' * norman reedus gay scene *

He's gay. "He said, 'Well, he's prison gay—like, you'll tch him lookg at a member of the same sex, but if you mentn to him, he'll jt stab you and be like what the f--k?

“The Walkg Dead” star Norman Res weighed on the possibily of his character, Daryl Dixon, beg gay a “Conan” terview on Tuday. Res said he discsed the ia of Daryl beg gay early on wh then-executive producer Frank Darabont, who exed the show after season one. When asked if the character might be gay, Kirkman rpond that the storyle has been talked about.

NORMAN RES SAID HE WOULD HAVE ‘ROCKED’ A GAY STORYLE ON ‘THE WALKG DEAD’

'The Walkg Dead' creator Robert Kirkman weighs on Daryl Dixon's sexualy, teasg that he might be gay. * norman reedus gay scene *

He later clarified on “Talkg Dead”: “In the letter lumn of the ic book that I do, I mentned that there was a possibily early on about makg Daryl Dixon’s character gay.

IS NORMAN RES' 'WALKG DEAD' CHARACTER GAY?'IT'S BEEN DISCSED,' SAYS CREATOR ROBERT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY JOSH WIGLERAUGT 15, 2014/7:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}AMCBY JOSH WIGLERAUGT 15, 2014 / 7:20 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS NORMAN RES' 'WALKG DEAD' CHARACTER GAY?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-08-15T11:20:30.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-08-15T11:20:30.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JOSH WIGLER","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE'S AN TERTG VELOPMENT FOR ANY AND ALL "WALKG DEAD" FANS WHO SHIPS DARYL DIXON AND CAROL — OR DARYL AND BETH, OR DARYL AND MICHONNE, OR DARYL AND ANY OTHER LADY, FOR THAT MATTER. IT TURNS OUT THAT DARYL MIGHT NOT SWG THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE LETTERS LUMN OF "THE WALKG DEAD" #130, REAR NICK MULLER WR TO PRAISE WRER ROBERT KIRKMAN ABOUT ONE OF THE BOOK'S NEWER CHARACTERS — A LONG-HAIRED, ZOMBIE-KILLG BADASS NAMED J, WHO JT SO HAPPENS TO BE GAY. MULLER THEN ASKS KIRKMAN IF DARYL DIXON MIGHT BE GAY, WRG:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ABSOLUTELY NOTHG HAS GIVEN ANY DITN THAT DARYL IS STRAIGHT AND THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN HIM AND CAROL MAK SEEM EVEN MORE LIKELY THAT HE IS NOT ONLY GAY BUT THAT CAROL IS PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON HE HAS NFID SO FAR, AND I FEEL LIKE LTLE HTS HAVE BEEN DROPPED ABOUT AS WELL ALONG THE WAY BUT MAYBE NOT. I THOUGHT OF THIS A LONG TIME AGO BUT NOW I AM PRETTY CERTA OF AFTER THE MOST BAD ASS CHARACTER THE IC BOOK TURNED OUT TO BE GAY. I FEEL LIKE IF YOU HAD YOUR WAY THAT DARYL WOULD TURN OUT TO BE GAY SCE 'S TE TO THE IC BOOK AND MAK TOTAL SENSE FOR HIS CHARACTER. SO THE REAL QUTN IS, WOULD AMC LET THAT FLY?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR HIS PART, KIRKMAN ANSWERS THE QUTN HEAD-ON, WHOUT REVEALG SPOILERS. HE SAYS THAT AMC "ABSOLUTELY WOULD" ALLOW FOR DARYL TO BE GAY, ADDG:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ALL I N SAY IS THAT 'S BEEN DISCSED. WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC IAS ABOUT DARYL'S SEXUALY (OR THE SEEMG LACK THEREOF), AND IF THERE'S EVER A QUIET PERD THE SHOW WHERE HE'S NOT NSTANTLY DISTRACTED BY CROSS BOWG… WE'LL TACKLE THE SHOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S WORTH NOTG THAT THE PAST, NORMAN RES HAS BEEN EVASIVE ON THE SUBJECT OF DARYL'S LOVE LIFE. HE ONCE TOLD ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY THAT SEASON FOUR WOULD FEATURE A ROMANCE STORY BETWEEN DARYL AND GLENN. ("MAGGIE? WHO'S MAGGIE? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S GLENN AND DARYL OM HERE ON!"){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLIER THE YEAR, RES APPEARED ON "LIVE WH KELLY AND MICHAEL" AND SAID THAT HE'S "VERY HANT" TO EXPLORE DARYL'S LOVE LIFE, SAYG, "I WANT HIM TO BE [AS] AWKWARD AS POSSIBLE … ONCE THAT HAPPENS, HAPPENS. YOU N'T GO BACKWARDS. SO, I REALLY WANT THE CHARACTERS TO EARN THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN OTHER WORDS, THE SHOW HAS VERY LIBERATELY SI-STEPPED ANY AND ALL DARYL DIXON ROMANCE STORYL. 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While ’s always possible that the producers uld change their mds ( seems as though Darabont might have pursued that storyle had he stayed wh the seri), the show has recently troduced s first two openly gay characters, Aaron (Ross Marquand) and Eric (Jordan Woods-Robson), after butg lbian character Tara (Alanna Masterson) last season. Do you thk should be revealed that Daryl is gay on the show? So, is Norman Res gay?

NORMAN RES B, SON, WIFE OR GIRLIEND, NET WORTH, IS HE GAY OR MARRIED?

While Norman Res is publicly straight, he won’t shy away om portrayg gay characters.

In an terview wh Conan 2015, he was asked about the possibily of playg his character, Daryl Dixon, as gay.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* NORMAN REEDUS GAY SCENE

Norman Res B, Son, Wife or Girliend, Net Worth, Is He Gay or Married? • Celebily .

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