SAVFF Interview Norman Reedus

WE CAUGHT UP with The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus on making the most of his Savannah visits modeling with that famous mop his real life penchant for crossbows and why his character the fearless Daryl is such a fan favorite.

click to enlarge Geoff L. Johnson Norman Reedus turns the tables on photographers on the red carpet in front of Trustees Theater

You re back in Savannah again I know you ve mentioned The Pink House is there anywhere else you like to stop by while you re here

Norman Reedus I like it by the water. I like it down there. Geez we did the ghost tour every year that we ve come here. I like it here. I like the architecture I like the people I like the vibe it s close to where I m filming it s just a win win for me.

Fans are always bumping into you when you re out and about and you re always really good with them. What do you think draws people to Daryl What do you think they find in him

Norman Reedus He s honest. He wears his heart on his sleeve and he means what he says. You re watching this guy who s very childlike in a lot of ways slowly become the man that he would ve loved to be if this didn t all go down. And this probably wouldn t have ever happened you know And this backdrop sort of gave him an opportunity to discover himself and it s interesting to watch.

Is there anything in particular you feel you ve learned from the character

Norman Reedus Oh tons. It s like any other job. If you love your job going to work every day is fun. You know what I mean And that s rare. My whole outlook on everything has changed. I m having a great time.

You have an interesting angle too because unlike other characters Daryl s not in the comics.

Norman Reedus Yeah.

Does that allow you a kind of freedom in how to explore that character Is there an unpredictability since you don t necessarily know what his plotline might be

Norman Reedus A little bit of all of it you know. They don t stick exactly to the comic books. But it might have been harder if there was a comic version of me out there that I was trying to emulate that you know what I mean It would be weirder I think. It s nice to have the door wide open. I like it.

I understand you ve become taken with the crossbow since you ve been acting with it outside of filming too yeah

Norman Reedus Well I steal them every year so. In New York I have about five. My house in Georgia I have one of those I have a compound bow I have a whole bunch of stuff. Yeah I m pretty good. The trees in my backyard all have bolts stuck in them.

Do you practice when it s not season or filming

Norman Reedus Yeah I ll have a coffee and I ll just start shooting things sometimes in the morning getting ready to go to work.

This was a record breaking premiere for Season 5. It was interesting timing with the news Ebola terrorism do you think there s a reason that The Walking Dead is speaking to people It s kind of survivalist it s kind of a fearful time.

Norman Reedus Yeah but I mean it s our fifth season so it was super successful right off the bat. It is a weird time though. Yeah it s pretty freaky the coincidences of those things. But I don t know. I think there s always going to be one of those coincidences every year there s going to be something. Hopefully this Ebola thing will slowly go and our show will stay.

Slightly more lighthearted note you also have a modeling career. What s that like going from being covered in blood and dirt to that do you treat them separately

Norman Reedus Are you talking about the GQ covers They get actors to do those. I don t think there s really models that do those but I ve done a few campaigns. I ve done Prada Dell Acqua what else couple other things. But you know I m short and I never sleep and I have long wild animal hair going on. I don t know they just put you in skinny jeans and twelve sweaters and a bunch of people yank on your clothes and you just try to look natural. (Laughs). I m not very good at it. But it s fun. It was cool to say that I did that cause that s a thing that s a big deal.

Is it a different approach than acting for you

Norman Reedus Oh yeah you re just having your picture taken. One you know there s a camera there the other one you re trying to forget the camera s there. It s totally different.

Anything you d like people to know while you re in Savannah

Norman Reedus Yeah. Go see my friend Jon Bernthal s movie Fury. It s good. CS

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