EXCLUSIVE: The Walking Dead’s ‘Steven Yeun’ Talks Acting, Zombies, and Sex Scenes

Last Saturday, TV After Dark Online interviewed The Walking Dead’s Steven Yeun (Glenn). Steven talked about how he got the role on the hit AMC show, and what it’s like to work with the goriest zombies ever to be seen on television. From the way he describes working with his co-stars, it seems like he really loves his job!

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TVAD: How far advanced to you get your script?

SY: “As far as auditioning you typically don’t get it too far in advance. I think I got mine maybe … two days before, and that could be a good thing. Sometimes you get it the day before,or the day of. Luckily, I got it like two days before, and I just prepared for it (the audition). The stars aligned, I suppose.”

TVAD: Right before you walked out of there, did you think that you were Glenn? That you had gotten  the job?

SY: “What had happened was that right before I had another audition for an ABC pilot. That was my first. I had just moved to Los Angeles like 5 months prior, and that was my first pilot season. I had auditioned for this ABC pilot, tested for it, and it was down between me and this other guy. Apparently they liked the other guy better, because I had gotten the bad news that I didn’t get it. That kind of helped me in a way, because I wasn’t as nervous about The Walking Dead audition. It kind of normalized things, and not necessarily not made it a big deal, but you just kind of take things in stride that sometimes you’re just not going to get every thing that you want. *laughs* So when I went into the audition I was typically more relaxed than I otherwise would be, and I think that definitely helped me a lot”

TVAD: After guest starring on other shows like The Big Bang Theory and Law & Order, how does it feel  to be a main character on such a popular show?

SY: “Oh, man, sometimes it can be tough, because sometimes you’re there just for that one episode, and come into a tight-knit cast that has their particular way of talking to one another. You just kind of show up as a stranger, and are expected to go with it. It can be intimidating. As for working on The Walking Dead, it’s just like a giant family. You walk in every day, and everyone is just so happy to see each other.”

Be sure to tune into AMC on Sunday, February 12, at 9PM for an all new episode of The Walking Dead, when the show returns with “Nebraska.” Be sure to follow Steven Yeun on Twitter (@SteveYeun).

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Tiffany Brown

Tiffany is a native of Michigan who has been living in SoCal for the past decade. She enjoys reading, playing the violin, and watching television. Her current favorite shows are The Vampire Diaries, American Horror Story, Revenge, Supernatural, Game of Thrones, and The Walking Dead. When she isn’t sitting around with one of her favorite past-times, Tiffany enjoys long walks on the beach, and figure skating. A self-confessed pop-culture junkie, Tiffany spends a lot of time talking about her favorite shows. It’s her love of film/television that prompted her to begin writing on her favorite shows.

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