'The Walking Dead' Season 5 Spoilers: Gareth Might Be 'Concerned With Surviving,' Views Rick As A 'Kindred Spirit?' [VIDEO]
New details have been released on the mysterious Gareth on The Walking Dead, including his relationship with Rick and if he is really a bad guy.
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On Monday, Entertainment Weekly posted an interview with actor Andrew J. West (Gareth) who dished on his character and how he views him as a "practical guy."
"I think he's a guy who is concerned with surviving," West said. "He's very much concerned with figuring out a way to live in the new world."
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The actor went on about how Gareth is a lot like Glenn or Rick since he's also striving to adapt to the new world.
"He's a guy who's searching and struggling for a new way to exist because he has acknowledged and accepted that the old way just doesn't work anymore," he said. "Society is different now. The world is different now. And the old rules just need to be reexamined. And he's willing to do that. And I think that's where the leader qualities come in."
West then described how his character views Rick, which seems to have some sort of admiration.
"I think he probably sees Rick in a lot of ways as a kindred spirit," the actor said. "Obviously, right off the bat he identifies him as the ringleader. It's kind of the nickname that he gives Rick in the finale. And right away he can tell that this guy's tough, that he's survived and that he knows how to survive."
The Walking Dead Season 5 will premiere on Sunday, October 12 at 9 p.m. ET on AMC.
