With Angela Kang taking over as showrunner, Andrew Lincoln departing the series, and Norman Reedus being offered huge money to take over as leading man, “The Walking Dead” is needless to say going to be quite different beginning with Season 9. As was recently rumored, it looks like Season 9 will also be Lauren Cohan‘s last.
According to THR, Cohan, who joined the show as Maggie Greene/Maggie Rhee way back in Season 2, will film only six episodes of Season 9.
“Cohan opted to exit the highly rated AMC drama and booked the lead in ABC’s Whiskey Cavalier after her efforts to renegotiate a new deal to stay on The Walking Dead went south. After ABC picked up Whiskey Cavalier to series for a midseason bow, it closed the door on Cohan’s full-time return to the series — even if she had closed a new deal.”
Reportedly, Lincoln will also only be appearing in a fraction of Season 9’s episodes.