Here’s a quick snippet of many, many cool things to appear on Picayune from our attendance at Austin’s comic-book convention, aka the Wizardworld circuit.
As you see, this gentleman is currently famous for his role as Daryl on AMC’s hit show The Walking Dead (do they have any flops lately? I don’t have cable so I wouldn’t know). Norman also has a huge following from a movie he starred in 13 years ago called The Boondock Saints, another success through word-of-mouth via VHS/DVD (maybe the latter since it was released in 2000).
I’ve become a minor fan through Dead because his portrayal of Daryl, who is…let’s face it, a Redneck, is impressive. Not impressive by cranking up the cartoonish stereotype, impressive in how he makes Daryl a loyal, compassionate and sometimes selfless person with people who aren’t his kin. He’s pretty skilled at making headshots with his crossbow or a screwdriver. Should the zombie apocalypse hits, I plan to find someone like him to be in my group.
SPOILER ALERT!
Now I’m in the middle of the second season, don’t even think about spoiling anything for me while the third is happening every Sunday. Nelson ruined Battlestar Galactica one night not knowing I had only completed its first season and I continue to harass him. Don’t get on my bad side.
SPOILER ALERT OVER!
I didn’t talk to him much, the photo op is run in a factory-like manner which is fine. I quickly told Norman, thanks for making Rednecks more likeable and helpful. C’mon, Daryl Dixon has probably turned the tide for their image since it’s been on the decline after the Andy Griffith Show ended. However, while combing through his background on imdb.com and Wikipedia, he must be a great actor, he has little in common with most Red Staters and NASCAR dads. You could say he’s a modern day Minnie Pearl!
It was great to meet him and have this cool souvenir. Now I’ll be mighty pissed if the writers kill Daryl off in the new season.