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The two-week training includes teaching actors to
realistically playing a 'walker' - an undead corpse – by slowing
down, dropping shoulders and trying to develop their own style
of walk. During the press day, the cast were overseen by the AMC
series’ executive producer, Greg Nicotero.
“It's very physical so in some ways it's like being an athlete
because whatever they're going to do they're going to do every
ten seconds, literally thousands and thousands if not millions
of times so a lot of it has to do with being in control of their
body and being able to be this close to people without actually
touching them,” said John Murdy, creative director of Universal
Studios Hollywood.
The theme park previously hosted “The Walking Dead” maze for a
limited run during its Halloween season, but due to the
popularity of the attraction and the show, the new “Walking
Dead” experience, where visitors will be “survivors” amid the
zombie apocalypse, will be a permanent fixture and enhanced with
props and prosthetics from the series. It will open on July 4.
"I think it's going to be really scary but the thing is about
scaring people that I've learned over the years and I've been
doing this all my life is it's kind of the same as riding a
rollercoaster. There's an adrenaline rush when people get
scared,” Murdy said.
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