Walking Dead star to leave with a bang

British actor Andrew Lincoln is moving on from the popular post-apocalyptic drama in what could be a gory swansong

Actor Andrew Lincoln has been starring in The Walking Dead since 2010.
Actor Andrew Lincoln has been starring in The Walking Dead since 2010. PHOTO: AMC NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT
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After nine years on The Walking Dead, star Andrew Lincoln is finally leaving the hit zombie show he has headlined since 2010.

He will presumably be killed, eaten, turned into a zombie or otherwise written off at some point in Season 9, which airs on Fox (Mondays, 11.30am and 9pm, Singtel TV Channel 330 or StarHub TV Channel 505) and is streaming on Fox+.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 11, 2018, with the headline Walking Dead star to leave with a bang. Subscribe