Ritchie Coster

Auditioned with The Walking Dead (2010) for the parts of Negan, Abraham Ford, and Bob Stookey before finally being cast as Pope.

[On landing his a role on the AMC's 'The Walking Dead'] I'd already auditioned for The Walking Dead I think about four or five times over the years. I read for Negan because I really wanted that one. I'd heard that they'd cast Jeffrey Dean Morgan in the role. I thought to myself, 'Well, that makes sense.' And I hold grudges. Walking Dead was going to be punished for not casting me yet (laughs). I just thought, 'All right, it's not going to happen.' But then, out of the blue, this offer came for Pope.