The Walking Dead’s Steven Ogg On Simon’s Death And Negan

Playing Simon on The Walking Dead requires a certain breed of sanity. The type only the man who portrayed wildcard Trevor Phillips in Grand Theft Auto V has to offer.

Heading into the new season of The Walking Dead, Steven Ogg‘s Simon character might find himself at the forefront of some battles. Mostly playing the bully at Hilltop and right hand man to Negan through Season 7, the actor is ready for a bit more action and fun in the new batch of episodes.

“Hopefully [Simon] gets up to some fun,” Ogg said. “I mean, you know, it is all out war about to happen. No secret that the s—‘s going down, so it will be interesting to see where Simon fits into that world, and if he steps up to the plate and becomes more proactive. You know, we haven’t seen him kill anyone or rough someone up. We see him shoot his gun at the end of season 7, but it will be interesting to see what role he’s gonna play in an all out war.”

Times of war also means that the threat of death is never too far away. Despite being bumped up to a series regular, Ogg keeps the upcoming storyline and The Walking Dead‘s history of killing key characters in mind.

“Well, I always say… look, everyone is going to die, right?” Ogg said. “Everyone is going to die on the show, at some point. So, I sort of take it like, well yeah, it is what it is, when it happens it happens and of course when it does happen I will probably cry and curl up in the fetal position and say, ‘Why? Why me?’ But it’s part of it. Especially in this world, you know that there is limited time on you.”

He does have a fun vision for Simon’s sendoff, though. “The best way for Simon to go out? Probably drinking and stumbling out and getting hit by a car or something like that,” Ogg said. “Something random, like he wasn’t killed by a zombie, he wasn’t killed by anyone, he was just being dumb. It’d be poetic justice.”

That lackadaisical attitude might end up costing Simon in the end. Members of Negan’s clan who don’t firmly stay within the boundaries of his rules have found themselves dead, already. Just ask David who attempted to break the “no rape” policy in the penultimate episode of Season 7. Heading into Season 8, it sounds like Simon might try to tug on his leash a bit.

“It’s interesting because of how similar they are,” Ogg said of Simon and Negan. “I think that’s going to be interesting to explore because I think being around Negan is a little contagious, so you kind of end up behaving a bit like him. But at the same time, Simon is his own person and they’re not always together. Negan trusts Simon, so he has a long leash, so I think he goes off and has fun with the idea of being like Negan, but I think Simon is his own man. I think he just has fun being a bit of a bully, ya know?”

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(via ScreenRant)