The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus gives a thumbs up to fans at promo event in NYC for final season

The last eight episodes of the eleventh and final season of The Walking Dead premiered on AMC last week.

As part of the latest promotional campaign for the post-apocalyptic horror series, some of the stars and one of the creative minds behind the scenes attended PaleyFest NY on Saturday 2022 at the Paley Museum in New York City.

Norman Reedus, who played fan favorite Daryl Dixon since season one in 2010, was on hand to greet the fans before entering the venue for a special screening selected for the event, which also included a talk and Q-and-A.

Reedus, who has the distinction of being one of two characters from the original Atlanta survivor group still on the show, arrived in a black suit over a gray vest and black t-shirt.

He also wore a pair of black leather shoes and had his dark brown locks styled in his signature slightly messy look, which his character is also known for.

As fans shouted his name, he gave them a thumbs up and took a moment to chat with them as they snapped pictures of videos of him.

At first, Reedus wore cool dark sunglasses outside the venue, but he’d take them off by the time he went to the red carpet for a round of photos.

Cool Cat: Looking cool in a black suit and gray vest, stopping to greet fans and give a thumbs up before attending TWD’s special screening, talk and Q-and-A

The End is Near: Reedus was joined by co-stars Eleanor Matsuura, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Ridloff, Paola Lazaro Juanita, Lauren Cohan and Michael James Shaw at the 2022 PaleyFest NY event in New York City

He took a few poses himself at first, but when his fellow castmates started trickling into the event, they made their way to the red carpet for some group photos.

Co-stars Lauren Cohan (Maggie Greene), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan), Lauren Ridloff (Connie), Paola Lázaro (Juanita ‘Princess’ Sanchez), Michael James Shaw (Michael Mercer), and Eleanor Matsuura (Yumiko) were all on hand , as has Scott M. Gimple, who has served as writer, producer, and showrunner on the show.

The group looked more like old friends as they talked and laughed in between piling it up for the photographers lined up along the red carpet.

The stars would eventually make their way to the Paley Museum for the screening, conversation and Q-and-A with journalists and fans.

Final Push: The 11th and final season of THW will air in three parts of eight episodes starting in August 2021; Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Michael James Shaw and Lauren Cohan also snuggled up with the show’s protagonist on the red carpet

Intoxicating move: The previous day, Reedus took to his Instagram page and shared a photo of a severed head he allegedly took off the set of TWD; The show’s prosthetic makeup artist Greg Nicotero has confirmed that the head is shaped and made after actor Johnny Depp

Always someone to show off his sense of humor, and grab a few props from the set, Reedus took to his Instagram page the previous day and posted a photo of a severed head on a counter top.

“Good morning,” the 53-year-old actor joked in the caption of the photo that shows him from the side.

Ardant fans of the show know that the head was shaped and crafted after actor and musician Johnny Depp, which was confirmed by TWD’s prosthetic makeup artist Greg Nicotero in an interview with Comicbook.com,

The gruesome gag appeared during Episode 12 of Season 6, titled Not yet tomorrow.

Reedus first appeared on TWD in the third episode of season one,

Passing the Torch: Reedus became the leading man of the series when Andrew Lincoln left the show midway through season nine in 2018

The eleventh and final season, which was split into three blocks of eight episodes, premiered in August 2021 and ran through October.

The show then went on a short hiatus, eventually returning for its second installment last February that lasted through April.

There was a six-month hiatus until this third and final block of eight episodes aired on October 2.

Along with Reedus, Melissa McBride (Carol Peletier) is the only other actor to have survived all 11 seasons of The Walking Dead.

The two OGs were slated to star together in a new spin-off series, but McBride has since decided to step down, and now the spin-off will focus solely on Reedus’ character, which he revealed this week. , will be simply titled, Daryl Dixon.

Last man and woman standing: Along with Reedus, Melissa McBride (Carol Peletier) is the only other actor to have survived all 11 seasons of The Walking Dead