Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Walking Dead” comics and Season 8 of the AMC series.
“Love, Simon” actress Cassady McClincy has been cast in the recurring role of Lydia in Season 9 of “The Walking Dead.”
McClincy joins the previously announced Samantha Morton, who will play her character’s mother Alpha, the leader of The Whisperers. In the comic books, she also serves as Carl Grimes’ love interest.
The Whisperers are a group of survivors that encounter the likes of Carl, Rick and company in the comics after the All Out War storyline. Lydia eventually defects from her mother’s group and strikes up a relationship with Carl, who in died last season in the TV show.