Daryl Dixon Was Almost The Walkg Dead's First Gay Character

Contents:

• IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
• THE WALKG DEAD: WE FALLY KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER OR NOT DARYL IS GAY
• IS 'WALKG DEAD' HEARTTHROB DARYL DIXON GAY? SHOW'S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER RPONDS
• DARYL DIXON WAS ALMOST THE WALKG DEAD'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• THIS 'WALKG DEAD' CHARACTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY
• WATCH: ‘WALKG DEAD’ STAR NORMAN RES IS ‘NOT AAID’ TO PLAY DARYL GAY
• WALKG DEAD CREATOR REVEALS DARYL’S SEXUALY, PREVIEWS NEW GAY CHARACTER
• IS THE WALKG DEAD'S DARYL GAY OR STRAIGHT? THERE'S A REASON WE DON'T KNOW YET
• THE WALKG DEAD'S DARYL DIXON WAS MEANT TO BE GAY ORIGALLY
• WHEN THE WALKG DEAD ALMOST MA DARYL DIXON GAY REVEALED

IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?

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 Page/AMCFans 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.

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

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? 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.

IS 'WALKG DEAD' HEARTTHROB DARYL DIXON GAY? SHOW'S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER RPONDS

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 WAS ALMOST THE WALKG DEAD'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

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.

THIS 'WALKG DEAD' CHARACTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GAY

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. 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.

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

"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.

WALKG DEAD CREATOR REVEALS DARYL’S SEXUALY, PREVIEWS NEW GAY CHARACTER

Kirkman wanted to clear up a letters lumn where the possibily of Daryl beg gay was prented. 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.

IS THE WALKG DEAD'S DARYL GAY OR STRAIGHT? THERE'S A REASON WE DON'T KNOW YET

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.

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'S DARYL DIXON WAS MEANT TO BE GAY ORIGALLY

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. 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. “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 THE WALKG DEAD ALMOST MA DARYL DIXON GAY REVEALED

When asked if the character might be gay, Kirkman rpond that the storyle has been talked about. 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. 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? “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, ” Kirkman explaed. Daryl’s now-nfirmed heterosexualy asi, Kirkman also revealed on Talkg Dead that a “proment” gay character om the ic books will appear the send half of the show’s fifth season.

So, which gay character is makg the leap om page to screen? And which gay character do you predict will soon be fightg alongsi the survivors? " That left fans to speculate over whether there might be some big reveal that nfirmed that Daryl is gay.