My Weekend At Walker Stalker Con Atlanta, Meeting Walking Dead Actors Including Melissa Hutchison
OzzyUK
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I would like to start by saying after playing season 1 i became a big fan of The Walking Dead and as i haven't been on holiday/vacation for a while i decided to do something different.
During this last week (October 14th-October 21st) I spent a week in Atlanta attending Walker Stalker Con where i met most of the actors from the Walking Dead.
Actors that i met
- Andres Lincoln (Rick)
- Norman Reedus (Daryl)
- Michael Rooker (Merle)
- Melissa McBride (Carol)
- Scott Wilson (Hershel)
- Lauren Cohan (Maggie)
- Steven Yeun (Glenn)
- Josh McDermitt (Eugene)
- Michael Cudlitz (Abraham)
- Christian Serratos (Rosita)
- Jeffrey DeMunn (Dale)
- Greg Nicotero (Walker Makeup Artist)
- Melissa Cowan (Bicycle Girl Walker)
- Laurie Holden (Andrea)
Actors that i saw but didn't have time to meet
- IronE Singleton (T-Dog)
- Chad Coleman (Tyreese)
- Chandler Riggs (Carl)
- Brighton Sharbino (Lizzie)
- Denise Crosby (Mary) (Cannibal Woman)
- Jeff Kober (Joe)
- Madison Lintz (Sophia)
- Addy Miller (First Zombie Girl)
- Meyrick Murphy (Megan)
- Nick Gomez (Tomas) (Prisoner)
I had great weekend at the event and they where all such nice people to talk to but one of the coolest people to meet was Melissa Hutchison, she is such a cool person and i spoke to her a couple of times for a few minuets each time and the second time i spoke to her she asked ME for a hug which i wasn't expecting, normally i am not the type of person to hug someone but i couldn't say no to Melissa as she did such a great job as Clementine.
I guess now i can technically say that i got a hug from Clementine :P
Here are some pics that i took at the event that i wanted to share with everyone, i did also get some professional pics taken with the actors but i don't want to post them here.
Downtown Atlanta From the Olympic Park
My Telltale Lanyard and VIP pass
The Entrance
Hershel
T-Dog
Eugene
Joe
A Walker
"Quarantine Area"
Sign From The Show and Greg Nicotero's head
Walker Faces
Fake Meat
Andrea
Merle With Two Random People
Daryl
Maggie
Dale's Replica RV
Comments
You are so lucky! :P
I wish I could've been there.
You flew all the way from UK to Atlanta? That's awesome!.
Also just noticed that Clementine's hat's "D" is on Dale's RV
Wow! You are so very lucky! I would have given my left leg to attend that event.
Awesome, should've holla'd at mellisa for me omg.
And too bad you couldn't meet danai, she's awesome and imo the best out of all lol. Also question, how did you get that lanyard? it looks really cool.
Btw, great pics. I loved the "No sanctuary" zone one.
I also noticed that the D was the same as the D on Clem's hat, the font is called "brush script"
Andrew J. West who plays Gareth was also there, i'm sure he will be able to help you with that :P
The lanyard came with the pass, Danai cancelled the day before so i didn't get to meet her
Oh God, that's my freakin dream. ;_; Someday... someday...
Thefk. I live about 15 minutes away from the Convention Center, and my bday was on the 19th. Could have been one hell of a birthday to get a hug from Clem
Woah... You have no idea of how jealous I am right now... xd
Melissa told me that she is trying to get to London Comic Con so you might be able to meet her one day
That's good to hear! Gonna have to do my very best to attend when and if she does.
A hug from Clementine!? Not going to be jealous.... not going to be jealous..... I'm so jealous.....
Sounds like a lot of fun Ozzy, hope you had a great time
Wow that sounds pretty cool. :P I have a question though, was Melissa the only actor from the game that was there?
Yes Melissa was the only actor from the game that attended.
lol indeed. i hate Gareth so much after episode 2 :P
Sounds cool though why are people like Sophia etc still going, they wernt even major charcater and have been dead for ages. I sort of understand Andrea and Merle
Who?
Sounds really awesome. The jealously is overwhelming me now. Any other notable experiences with the other Walking Dead cast.
Sophia had a fairly major part in the story in season 2 so that is probably why she went, they also had the woman who played the "bicycle girl" walker and she was only one for a few minutes.
The guests that i thought where a bit pointless where the toddlers who played baby Judith as they where too young to know what was happening.
Besides gong to the convention i also went to World of Coke which was interesting.
Huh. Well that sounds neat.
World of Coke? lol what will they think of next
Is Andrea wearing a fedora? Jesus christ thats horrifying.
Wow man, that's really awesome.
Did you ask Melissa anything about TWD S3...
I was going to ask some questions but i forgot to ask about season 3 as it was exiting meeting her :P
We mostly talked about how good i thought her and Gavin's performances where and about her wanting to go to London conic con, we also talked about the fact her table location was sightly annoying as it was really close to Norman Reedus's table and every time he came back from a break all the women would start screaming when they saw him making it hard to hear what Melissa was saying.
She even made a joke tweet about it :P
Whats so horrifying about that?
I am just sitting here in Turkey.
Andrea was already cringe-worthy as she was. No need to add a fedora.
Its all subjective, my friend.
Just-uh, gonna show you guys what Sophia looks like now.
guys.