Look for lots of face-offs between Rick Grimes and Major General Beale.
He has been spoken of.
And even spoken to (on a phone).
Terry O’Quinn as Major General Beale on ‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’.Gene Page/AMC
But whenThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Livepremieres Feb. 25 on AMC, he will finally be seen.
And he may look a bit familiar.
TERRY OQUINN:It just came out of the blue.
So I talked to several people without giving them any particulars, because I didn’t really know particulars.
And they all said, Oh my God, you’re kidding.
You’re so lucky.
Yeah, go on it!
And so I thought, well, alright, that sounds good.
So here we are.
A couple of things.
We watched a lot ofDaryl Dixonhere.
I sort of tend to be that person who says, Tell me if I do something wrong.
Tell me what I need to know.
Because there’s only so much room up here.
[Points to head.]
My brain cells are in decline, so I keep the stuff I need to know.
And that worked out.
So what you’re able to say about him now and the character we will finally be meeting?
He is the leader of the Civic Republic military and it operates pretty independently of the Civic Republic government.
So he doesn’t really have to deal with them very much.
And he’s held in high esteem.
He’s kind of a hero.
He has a long military history.
He served two terms in Vietnam and went to officer training school.
He has a big army, but he has about 2,000 of his front liners.
They’re his elite corps and they do most of the work, be it dirty or not dirty.
He makes decisions based on what he thinks will help his community survive.
I think that he’s very hidden.
He’s a hidden guy.
He seems like a completely reasonable person and the decisions he has to make are all explicable to him.
So Rick helps discover the heart of the man, I think.
Every set has a different vibe to it.
What was it like filming on this one?
A lot of that has to do with the writing and the character and all of that stuff.
And working with Andrew Lincoln was easy and pleasant.
And he was that.
He was always helping to explain the history of the thing to me.
And he was a forever patient.
So all in all, it was a very happy experience for me.
And Scott was helpful.
Everybody was trying to be as helpful as possible.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
