“The Walking Dead” fans have been speculating for a while now that Carl Grimes actor Chandler Riggs is preparing to leave the show, but co-star Tom Payne thinks that won’t happen anytime soon – if ever.
“I think Carl is the future of the show,” Payne–who plays Paul “Jesus” Monroe– saidย to AOL’s Build Seriesย before correcting himself. “I mean, is the future of the comic books, I think.”
“At the end of the day, I think Carl is the guy at the end on the last page,” he continued. “And I don’t know if they’ll go that way on the TV show, but I think it would be a logical place for them to go.