The Strolling Lifeless’s Norman Reedus is paying tribute to his onscreen canine companion.
The hit AMC present confirmed by way of its official Instagram web page on Thursday, June 13, that Seven, the animal actor who performed Daryl Dixon’s trusted sidekick, Canine, has died.
“Relaxation in peace, Seven. #TWD’s greatest boy,” the present’s Instagram captioned a collection of pictures of Seven.
Reedus led tributes to his onscreen greatest pal by way of his personal Instagram.
“7,” Reedus, 55, captioned a photograph of him and Seven hanging out on set. “Will miss u buddy,” he commented underneath the submit.
Reedus additionally shared behind-the-scenes photos with Seven on his Instagram Tales, writing: “Gonna miss u seven. 💔Greatest television buddy ever.”
Seven appeared in a number of seasons of The Strolling Lifeless starting with season 9. Within the ultimate episode of The Strolling Lifeless, which aired in November 2022, Daryl (Reedus) entrusted Canine to his adopted niece, Judith Grimes (Cailey Fleming), as he left Alexandria to seek for his pals, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira).
Reedus had petitioned for a canine for Daryl for a number of seasons earlier than Canine was launched in season 9.
Former Strolling Lifeless showrunner Angela Kang advised Leisure Weekly in 2018: “It’s this factor that’s type of been batted round for a very long time, and it by no means occurred.”
Kang mentioned that Reedus helped choose his four-legged costar, who was launched to assist Daryl take care of Rick’s presumed dying.
“So we had been speaking about, how can we present the state that Daryl’s in? And I believed that it might be nice that he’s been off for some time after Rick’s presumed dying. Daryl simply went off. And Daryl is any individual who hunts and goes about and does issues, and it appeared like a canine is an effective companion,” Kang mentioned. “It reveals that there’s nonetheless a need for him to have a connection someway. And so the canine is his trustworthy companion.”
Reedus gushed over working with Seven again in 2018, too.
“It’s so good. I adore it. I feel he’s the neatest forged member we bought,” Reedus advised ComicBook.com. “We simply did a scene the opposite day that ended up being the other of what it was presupposed to be as a result of the canine simply needed to do one thing else, and it got here out so a lot better. He’ll most likely be working the present. It’s nice! I adore it. He loves me, too.”