Lauren Cohan

An actor is very fortunate to have a multi-season run on a series. An actor is even more fortunate to get to see a series through to its natural conclusion. Lauren Cohan went above and beyond that with her Walking Dead journey. Not only did she play Maggie in over 100 episodes of the main series, but then she got to go on to headline a spin-off series opposite Jeffrey Dean Morgan , and that spin-off series earned her her very first executive producing credit and now her very first directing credit as well. She’s a key component of one of the biggest television empires ever created, and she’s making the most of the opportunities that franchise affords her - opportunities she’s earned. The Walking Dead: Dead City picks up a number of years after the events of the main series. When Hershel ( Logan Kim ) is kidnapped by the Croat ( Željko Ivanek ) and taken to Manhattan, Maggie must turn to Negan ( Jeffrey Dean Morgan ) for help. While Maggie does manage to make it off the island with Hershel, Negan is pressured to remain by The Dama ( Lisa Emery ). Season 2 kicks off about a year later with the New Babylon Federation conscripting the residents of The Bricks to head into Manhattan for an expeditionary mission tied to their agenda to ultimately retake it. Maggie agrees to go, but only if no one else from her community is forced to do the same. So back to Manhattan she goes, along with a stubborn Ginny ( Mahina Napoleon ) and a stowaway Hershel. After powering through five episodes of Season 2 as an executive producer and playing Maggie trying to survive yet another perilous mission in the Big Apple, the time has some for Cohan to put on yet another hat. With the release of Season 2, Episode 6 , “Bridge Partners Are Hard to Come by These Days,” she is officially a director. In celebration of the milestone achievement, Cohan joined me for a Collider Ladies Night conversation to discuss her early days on The Walking Dead , her experience advocating for herself when her initial series regular contract concluded, how she approached stepping into the executive producer role with Dead City , and how she felt about taking on an extremely ambitious episode for her very first venture as a director. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents more exclusive in-person interviews from the 2023 Tribecal Festival as BTB's own Al Sotto talks to the cast of The Walking Dead Dead City (tribecafilm.com/films/walking-dead-dead-city-2023)! (www.tribecafilm.com)! First we talk to Lauren Cohan (Maggie) who talks about how different this TWD spinoff is from the flagship show. What can Lauren tell us about the Maggie and Negan dynamic? Listen in to find out! Also we talk to Gaius Charles, who plays Perlie Armstrong, a marshal that leads the New Babylon community. Gaius talks about his character, working with JDM and whether he was a fan of the TWD franchise. Then we talk to actor Michael Anthony who guest stars as Luther who talks about his character on the spinoff as well as working on Saints And Sinners with our friend Tray Chaney!

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