{"id":80225,"date":"2015-09-24T09:13:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T08:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=80225"},"modified":"2015-09-24T09:13:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T08:13:27","slug":"walking-dead-season-6-casts-key-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/walking-dead-season-6-casts-key-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Dead Season 6 casts key character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those looking for the addition of more recognisable names from the comic-books will be delighted to hear that one has been added to the cast of Season 6 of <em><strong>The Walking Dead<\/strong><\/em>. No, it&#8217;s not Negan, but it&#8217;s something that could well lead to his introduction further down the line: Tom Payne (<em><strong>Luck<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Waterloo Road<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Wuthering Heights<\/strong><\/em>) will play Paul &#8216;Jesus&#8217; Monroe, as revealed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/live-feed\/walking-dead-jesus-tom-payne-826720\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the benefit of those who are unfamiliar with the comics, Jesus &#8211; so-named for his messiah-like hair &#8211; is a formidable individual who Rick encounters at the Hilltop Valley, and later joins him in Alexandria, becoming a staunch ally of Rick&#8217;s. Known for his strong rhetoric and breathtaking survival skills, we can see him becoming a memorable character.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80227\" style=\"width: 616px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-80227 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Walking-Dead-Tom-Payne.jpg\" alt=\"Walking Dead Tom Payne\" width=\"616\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Walking-Dead-Tom-Payne.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Walking-Dead-Tom-Payne-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Walking-Dead-Tom-Payne-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Payne will play Paul &#8216;Jesus&#8217; Monroe in Season 6 of The Walking Dead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all. Payne is slated for Season 6, with an option for Season 7. With his character a strong opponent of Negan in the comics, his introduction potentially paves the way for a character that fans have been calling out for for a while.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Season 6 of <em>The Walking Dead<\/em> will air from 12 October on FOX in the UK. For more news about the biggest TV shows, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagineshop.co.uk\/magazines\/scifinow-issue-111.html\">pick up the latest issue of SciFiNow.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another popular face from the comic books will star in The Walking Dead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":80226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[3,207],"tags":[4118],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Walking-Dead-Paul-Jesus-Monroe.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}