The main cast of the “The Walking Dead” line up in a scene from Episode 11 of Season 3, which airs Sunday night on AMC. From left, Carol (Melissa Suzanne McBride), Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), Maggie Greene (Lauren Cohan), Beth Greene (Emily Kinney), Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs) and Glenn (Steven Yeun).
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Behind the scenes of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” Andrea (Laurie Holden) takes stock of a zombie well-slain. Senoia, Ga., which sits about 40 miles southwest of Atlanta, stands in for the fictional Georgia town of Woodbury.TUNE INSee Chatta-noogan Eddie Piper make an appearance as an extra in the latest episode of “The Walking Dead” at 9 p.m. Sunday on AMC (Comcast channel 19).’THE WALKING DEAD’ AWARDS AND ACCOLADES* Emmy Awards: Won Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or Special (2011/2012); nominated for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series (2011/2012) and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series (2011/2012)* Golden Globes Awards: Nominated for Best Television Series — Drama (2010)* American Film Institute Awards: Won AFI TV Programme of the Year (2010/2012)* Satellite Awards: Won Best Genre Series (2012) and Best Television Cast (2012)
Growing up, Eddie Piper wasn’t an avid actor. He took part in the occasional high school play, but theater was something he thought he left behind after graduation.
About two years ago, though, Piper, 55, reconnected with Amy Blanc Lacy at a school reunion. And when he found out she was a script supervisor for “The Walking Dead” — the record-setting zombie apocalypse show on AMC — he joined thousands of others who clamor for a spot on the show.
“She told me she got some friends down for extra parts, and I said I would love to do that,” said Piper, a quality manager for Filter Specialists in Soddy-Daisy.
Last summer, Lacy helped secure him a walk-on role. On Sept. 20, he woke at 3:30 a.m. and drove 150 miles to Seonia, Ga., about 40 miles southwest of Atlanta. The rural town serves as a stand-in for Woodbury, a safe haven for human survivors in “The Walking Dead” and one of the primary filming sites in the show’s current third season.