FEARnet was the first to exclusively break the news that The Shawshank Redemption‘s Jeffrey DeMunn has been cast in AMC’s The Walking Dead series.
“We are right now looking to cast the two female roles in the ensemble. We’ve also just gotten Jeff DeMunn,” Frank Darabont told the site. I’ve always said Jeff DeMunn is my good luck charm, and I can’t make a film without him. We’ve just gotten him on board as one of the ensemble members, which is a great joy for me. One of the great pleasures of doing anything is to be able to reconvene with those colleagues who have the talent and provide you with the comfort zone of great collaborative, positive energy. Not to sound like Andy Hardy here, but if you’re going to go do a show in a barn, do it with people who have really got the talent and are great to work with, and so far that’s all coming together.”
The site suspects that DeMunn will be playing the role of “Dale.”