The Walking Dead has had its fair share of terrible villains over the years, but in its spin-off series, The Walking Dead: Dead City, zombie fans will be introduced to one of its worst yet when it returns for a second season. For viewers who have been missing the bloodcurdling zombie action from its stars, Jeffery Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan, TWD: Dead City will make its way back to AMC at some point this year. Its most recent trailer from a few months ago showcased Negan, apparently, returning to his old ways as he could be seen whistling that creepy tune as well as being reunited with his bat, Lucille.
Kim Coates Talks About His Villain Character in Dead City Season 2
In an interview with MovieWeb to discuss his new Netflix series American Primeval, Kim Coates couldn't help but get onto the subject of his role in season two of The Walking Dead: Dead City. Coates, who has played some pretty mean characters in his lifetime, but most notably when he stepped into the shoes of Alexander "Tig" Trager in the FX series Sons of Anarchy, expressed that he has never played a character quite as "vicious" as the character of Brugal, which he said was definitely written for him.
"Eli Jorné, the showrunner, picked me and said 'You have to play this guy,' and I said 'Send me some of the scripts,' and they did. I gotta tell you, this guy was written for me. He's a dink. He's just a bad person, he's super smart, he's a billionaire. He lived in this incredible enclave during the zombie apocalypse in Manhattan, and when he came out, zombies were running Manhattan, he got his own little gang together. There's three or four gangs in Season 2, and Brugal is my name, and I'm certainly the biggest gang member of my squad. I kill a lot of zombies."
Coates went on to gush about Jeffery Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan, saying how much love he had for them both. Touching on Dead City's return in season two, Coates said that this time, the series would be "funny and violent, and crazy, and zombied out", and how he can't wait for Walking Dead fans to finally meet his "vicious" character.
