Steven Yeun Opens Up About Glenn’s Death On The Walking Dead

Over the weekend, The Walking Dead‘s beloved Glenn actor Steven Yeun broke his silence since departing the AMC series with the Season 7 premiere. In fact, the episode was filmed over a year ago, now, and Yeun has managed to avoid discussing the brutal events which saw his character exiting upon the arrival of Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Negan.

It was during a panel at Walker Stalker Con in Nashville, Tennessee where Yeun opened up about the departure from the series which served as his first acting job, beginning in 2010. You can check out his thoughts on the impactful departure in the video above.

“It’s hard to leave family after seven years of being together but also it feels very complete,” Yeun said. “Something needed to happen to propel this next season.”

“It’s been over a year and everybody is still so cool. They’re so sweet and they’re very sad about the death but that’s awesome. I think the coolest part about the death in and of itself is, I don’t know if there’s ever been a character like Genn before in any facet,in the way he walks and the way he talks, … to have died and to have in death such a lasting impact. I think it’s like awesome. I think if Glenn were to continue, he could at some point fade into the back but there’s this great explanation point.”

Then, Abraham actor Michael Cudlitz took the stage to give Yeun a hug with Yeun saying, “He died, too.”

As for Season 8, which will be the first to take place entirely without Yeun’s Glenn, the actor is “pumped” to see what it is all about, while he admits Season 7 “needed more Glenn.”

For more from Yeun’s panel at Walker Stalker Con, check out ComicBook.com’s full recap by clicking here.

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