And I think that in a lot of ways, by having sort of key moments with him this season, those moments are very memorable.
I think it’s because the last chapter of the story of The Walking Dead was this All Out War story that was so heavily focused on Negan and the Saviors.
And I think Jeffrey does an amazing job, but we wanted to kind of show off a bit of an evolution with his character.
When I came into working on this season with the writers, I really thought, ‘Okay, we’ve kind of told that chapter of the story, so let’s see what our characters are up to now.’