All good things must come to an end, and so during the mid-season finale of "The Walking Dead" last Sunday, Emily Kinney (who played Beth) sees the end of her well-loved character. Kinney is leaving the post-apocalyptic show to focus on her music career. She will be releasing her first single and video, "Rock Star" by 9th December.
In an interview from Entertainment Weekly, Kinney openly answered questions about her character's surprising demise during the mid-season finale. She explains how bad she felt bad for her co-star Norman Reedus (who plays Daryl) as take after take, he had to pick her up and carry her supposed dead body during her final scene.
The episode entitled "Coda" saw Beth stabbing the Grady Memorial leader in the chest. This lead to Dawn (Christine Woods) having to blow her brains out and shooting her in the head, a definite shock for a lot of "The Walking Dead" fans from around the world.
For fans of Kinney's character Beth, revenge was taken quickly, as Daryl shot Dawn in the head as well. According to Access Hollywood, Reedus found the scene difficult to deal with saying, "Carrying Emily out of that hospital - that was rough. Right before we shot that, I was sitting on an apple box or something and I was just (hangs head down) like this, just like crying and crying and crying."
Shock over Beth's death was not only felt by fans but certainly by Kinney herself as news from KPop Stars quotes Kinney to saying, "I think the writing throughout has been great, but I wasn't ready for it to be over."
But although Kinney will be leaving "The Walking Dead" to pursue her music career, when asked if she would stay in touch with her cast mates, she readily picked Reedus, "Norman and Lauren (who plays Maggie). And Scott Wilson (who plays Hershel). And Steven (who plays Glenn)."
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