The Walking Dead is a famous American horror series set in a post-apocalyptic world and a real-life adaptation of the comic book world created by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard, “The Walking Dead” Comic Series. The show has been around for more than a decade now, with the first episode airing on October 31, 2010. Since then, the series has reached 177 episodes, with 11 amazing successful seasons. As the series is set in a post-apocalyptic world, the story revolves around various characters and how they survive the zombies, as well as the people who will do anything to survive. The show has vast characters that play an important role in shaping the storyline. One of the cast members is Lauren Cohen, who plays the role of Maggie Rhee. Lauren appeared in 144 episodes out of the 177, being the fourth highest in rank and only the second woman in the list of cast members to do so.
One of the longest and most successful-running tv series ever, The Walking Dead stands at a fabulous IMDB score of 8.1/10 after 11 seasons, 12 years. The series was created by Frank Darabont and has starred a vast number of popular actors like Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon), Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes), Melissa McBride (Carol Peletier), Lauren Cohen (Maggie Rhee), Josh McDermitt (Eugene Porter), Christian Serratos (Rosita Espinosa) and many others. However, there have been many cast members who have left the series midway due to some reason or other. Today we will look at Lauren Cohen’s situation and reveal the real reason behind her leaving the show.
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Real Reason Behind Maggie Leaving The Walking Dead Revealed
Lauren Cohen, who plays the role of Maggie Rhee in The Walking Dead, left the series in Season 9. Fans were never able to digest her exit as Maggie did not receive a proper sendoff as many other characters did. In the show, it was revealed that Maggie had left to help Georgie build communities in other areas, but the fact that she did not return for important sequences in the series post baffled the fans and left them wondering about the real cause of her absence. It was later reported that the actress Lauren Cohen left the show due to salary-related disputes and also because she was cast in another Tv series Whiskey Cavalier.
On-screen, it was revealed that Maggie had gone on to build communities with Georgie but later returned in Season 10. Off-script, the actress was locked-in in a fiery dispute with the producers over equal pay/salary with respect to the male actors of the show. The other show, Whiskey Cavalier, got canceled after just 13 episodes, and Lauren agreed to return for the 10th Season of The Walking Dead as Maggie since Maggie had not been killed off on-screen and was well alive in the story. Since then, Maggie has come back and has become an integral part of the series once again after missing an entire season. She returned at the end of Season 10 and has been a regular in the 11th season of the series. The 17th episode of the 11th season is set to release on October 2, 2022, after a long break of almost six months.
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