'The Walkg Dead' Almost Gave This Character a Gay Storyle

Contents:

• THE WALKG DEAD'S DARYL DIXON WAS MEANT TO BE GAY ORIGALLY
• THIS 'WALKG DEAD' CHARACTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY
• IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
• THE WALKG DEAD: WE FALLY KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER OR NOT DARYL IS GAY
• THERE'S A BIG REASON WE DON'T KNOW IF 'WALKG DEAD'S' DARYL DIXON IS GAY
• DARYL DIXON GAY? 'THE WALKG DEAD' CREATOR REVEALS DETAILS ON DARYL'S SEXUALY
• 'IF DARYL DIXON IS GAY I WOULD ROCK THAT STORY': WALKG DEAD'S NORMAN RES EMBRAC CHARACTER'S AMBIGUO SEXUALY
• DARYL DIXON WAS ALMOST THE WALKG DEAD'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• DARYL DIXON MIGHT BE "PRISON GAY" ON THE WALKG DEAD
• WATCH: ‘WALKG DEAD’ STAR NORMAN RES IS ‘NOT AAID’ TO PLAY DARYL GAY
• NORMAN RES SLAMS REPORTS HE DON’T WANT DARYL DIXON TO BE GAY

THE WALKG DEAD'S DARYL DIXON WAS MEANT TO BE GAY ORIGALLY

Darabont was the AMC drama's first shownner, but stepped down July 2011 bizarre and to this day still unclear one of the thgs he was terted dog was givg fan favoure character Daryl Dixon a gay Page/AMCRelated: Why The Walkg Dead's season 7 fale will be the bt the show's historyNorman Res told The Mirror that Darabont approached him about the ia. "There was a time on the show where Frank was gog to have me be gay, but he won't adm , " he said. He referred to as 'prison gay', and I didn't know what that meant.

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. He's gay.

THIS 'WALKG DEAD' CHARACTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 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? CultureThis 'Walkg Dead' Character Was Supposed to be GayAnd another might be g out soon.

YouTubeThe Walkg Dead was supposed to be a ltle b gayer. Star Norman Res recently told The Mirror at The Walkg ad European Tour that there were plans for his character Daryl to be gay.

IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?

Res reunted the nversatn:“There was a time on the show where Frank was gog to have me be gay, but he won’t adm … If he adms, ’s like he’ll kill you. He referred to as ‘prison gay, ’ and I didn’t know what that meant … We were there and he said ‘What do you thk if we ma Daryl gay? ”For those that aren’t faiar, the term “prison gay” is for people who have same-sex relatnships only prison.

THE WALKG DEAD: WE FALLY KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER OR NOT DARYL IS GAY

While havg Daryl be gay would’ve add to LGBTQ reprentatn on televisn, some ways ’s better off that he wasn’t tossed some prison gay backstory as a means of sensatnalizg the Imag / Kev WterThe Walkg Dead televisn seri has featured var LGBTQ characters, troducg Tara season 4 and Aaron Season 5. And now, fans are gearg up for J to be nfirmed as gay sce his character is the ic books.

THERE'S A BIG REASON WE DON'T KNOW IF 'WALKG DEAD'S' DARYL DIXON IS GAY

Sure, there was some cricism over the ath of Denise which fell to the ual trop of gay character mis. And ’s been great seeg the sorts of characters gettg to kick ass when gay men pop culture are often emasculated or siled for someone else to save the ’s unlikely that dienc will see a gay storyle for Daryl, people will hopefully be gettg J nfirmg his sexualy sooner or later, pecially wh the fale next week.

As a rult, many viewers have scratched their heads for years and wonred if Daryl is gay — spe a strong majory of the fanbase suggtg that Daryl and Carol (Melissa McBri) should bee an em.

In fact, Kirkman tailed that the origal plans were for Dixon to be gay, but simply never happened. On that same note, Res simultaneoly exprsed that he “isn’t aaid” to portray Daryl as a gay character and that he would happily work wh whatever material the wrers gave him.

DARYL DIXON GAY? 'THE WALKG DEAD' CREATOR REVEALS DETAILS ON DARYL'S SEXUALY

So while Dixon isn’t currently gay nonilly, that don’t mean that plans won’t soon change down the le as the character’s story ntu to expand the latt pulse-poundg seri.

The qutn of whether or not The Walkg Dead's Daryl is gay has been a topic of tert among some fans, due large part to ments ma by seri creator Robert Kirkman earlier this year regardg the character's sexualy, which has remaed unaddrsed on the seri.

In The Walkg Dead letters lumn the old ic book that I do, there was a qutn that ma me mentn that there was a possibily early on about makg Daryl Dixon's character gay and ed que a hubbub onle.

'IF DARYL DIXON IS GAY I WOULD ROCK THAT STORY': WALKG DEAD'S NORMAN RES EMBRAC CHARACTER'S AMBIGUO SEXUALY

I n make official, Daryl Dixon is actually Kirkman went on to nfirm that they'll be troducg a very proment gay character om the ics durg the send half of the that answers that. Daryl is not gay. "The topic me up aga when Norman Res did an terview talkg about how he reacted when origal TWD shownner Frank Darabont brought up the ia of Daryl beg gay, which got the topic circulatg 's been a nversatn for a few months now, and given the populary of the character and the close nnectns Daryl formed wh some of the female characters the seri -- maly Beth and Carol -- 's unrstandable that people might wonr why we haven't seen Daryl volved a romantic arc wh any other character, male or female.

A big mor has been flyg around the Inter that "The Walkg Dead's" Daryl Dixon might be gay, and that mor only gets fueled when creator Robert Kirkman says cryptic thgs regardg : “All I n say is that ’s been discsed. " Addnally, the shownner said there will be a gay character troduced to the show, but, typil "Walkg Dead" fashn, he would not reveal You GoPopular the CommunyYou May Like.

Is Daryl Dixon om 'The Walkg Dead' gay? But, a surprisg twist, Daryl Dixon uld be gay. When asked about the possibily that Daryl is gay Kirkman said, ‘All I n say is that ’s been discsed.

DARYL DIXON WAS ALMOST THE WALKG DEAD'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

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Daryl Dixon will most likely be the least stereotypil gay man on TV. 'If Daryl Dixon is gay I would rock that story': Walkg Dead's Norman Res embrac character's ambiguo sexualySpeakg on Conan the actor reveals that his female fans only want one outeVio LoadgVio UnavailableNorman Res On Daryl's Sexualy - CONAN on TBSThe Walkg Dead star Norman Res has spoken about his character's sexualy.

In the vio above he revealed that he's game if his Walkg Dead character turns out to be gay, but his female fans might take some nvcg. In the vio Res talks about the reactn he gets when visg nventns, wh women blastg him sayg: "You better not be [gay].

DARYL DIXON MIGHT BE "PRISON GAY" ON THE WALKG DEAD

" In terms of his character beg homosexual, Norman will embrace . In the Walkg Dead letters lumn the old ic book that I do, there was a qutn that ma me mentn that there was a possibily early on about makg Daryl Dixon's character gay and ed que a hubbub onle.

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

The AMC's The Walkg Dead is no stranger to cludg homosexual characters such as Tara Chambler (played by Alanna Masterson), Aaron (Ross Marquand), and Eric (Jordan Woods-Robson). In an terview wh Mirror Onle, actor Norman Res stated that when The Walkg Dead's origal shownner Frank Darabont was still holdg the res, he was told Daryl Dixon was gog to be gay—and the first gay character portrayed on the show. "There was a time on the show where Frank [Darabont] was gog to have me be gay, but he won't adm , " Res said.

He referred to as 'prison gay, ' and I didn't know what that meant. "We were there [at a party for the film The Fighter] and he said 'what do you thk if we ma Daryl gay?

While Daryl's sexualy has not been explicly talked about on the show, and the aforementned nversatn didn't e to un when Darabont parted om the seri, Res said that he wouldn't be opposed to Daryl beg gay. Kirkman wanted to clear up a letters lumn where the possibily of Daryl beg gay was prented.

NORMAN RES SLAMS REPORTS HE DON’T WANT DARYL DIXON TO BE GAY

But Kirkman and work AMC also wanted to emphasize they would have been fe wh Dixon’s beg gay, but that 's not the se.

Kirkman did add that "a very proment gay character" would be troduced the next half of the October, "Walkg Dead" executive producer Greg Nitero floated a pletely different theory than Daryl’s beg gay. But that don't mean we'll get answers to this summer's hottt qutn: Is Daryl Dixon gay?

In a recent terview wh GQ, Res said he discsed playg Daryl Dixon as a virg and perhaps as "prison gay" wh The Walkg Dead's origal shownner and creator Frank Darabont. ' 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? Not over the proposed gay storyle, but now we're left wonrg if his ias for Daryl went wh him.