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Lesley-Ann Brandt Praises Thorne & Rick’s Platonic Friendship in ‘TWD’ Spinoff: They’re ‘Genuinely Comrades’ (Exclusive)

Lesley-Ann Brandt and more cast members tease the next chapter of ‘The Walking Dead’ in the new spinoff ‘The Ones Who Live.’

Hollywood Life spoke exclusively with The Ones Who Live’s Lesley-Ann Brandt, Matthew August Jeffers, Craig Tate, and Terry O’Quinn at the Television Critics Association winter press tour about their characters’ dynamics with Rick and Michonne. Lesley-Ann plays Pearl Thorne, a member of the Civic Republic Military who crosses paths with Rick. “That was actually a really specific question I had going into accepting the project because I think showing us male-female relationships onscreen where there are just genuinely comrades, and they’re bonding through a human experience and a journey as opposed to something sexual or romantic.

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