Mary Elena Moore

Physically the hardest scene for me was when we were all pushed up against a wall, it was burning hot outside, and we had to scratch at the wall but it had metal pieces sticking out and I’m also claustrophobic and was smushed all the way around.

Another scene that was difficult was when some of us had our feet hurried in the ground and it was SO COLD outside ?but we had to stay out in one spot for hours


Jason Cone

Emotional.. The scene in "Iron Tiger" where I'm tasked with holding Kim Dickens "Madison" at gun point.  As the scene was being laid out and discussion taken place about how to approach holding her at gun point, it hit me hard emotionally.  As a huge FTWD/TWD fan I had all these images and memories from the show flash through my head.  It took me a few mins to grasp my mind around the fact that I was being asked to hold Madison, a character that I have watched since season one, at gunpoint up close in what would be the final season of the show.  An opportunity that I am extremely grateful for and memories that I will always cherish!


Kristy Stoddard

The hardest scene for me as a walker was the finale. When Rosita, Gabriel, and Eugene had the babies in the alley. We shot a scene where thy had real babies in the back of the ambulance while us walkers clawed at the windows. It was really quick but we could hear the babies crying and it broke my momma heart. As soon as we cut all walkers turned our backs and removed our masks but I went home feeling so bad for scaring the babies.  I also got shoved into the brick wall while reaching up for Rositas feet and hurt my ribs. In all that was a rough day. But I would give anything for just one more day in the mask.


Matthew Payne Saverance

The hardest scene to shoot was the Swamp Walker scenes, mostly because we were in prosthetic makeup for 14 hours while walking around in 3 feet of Georgia swamp at 4:30 in the morning


Seth O´Herin

When filming the frozen swamp scene, we had to keep our feet planted in place without moving, which was challenging. Being constantly dusted with cornstarch to mimic fresh snow added to the difficulty. As a parent of a young boy, I found it deeply emotional watching Tracy tied to the tree and then separated from friends.


Michelle Helmeczy

I most memorable as far as hardest day was the day we were shooting at the CDC. It really wasn’t the CDC, but we made it as if it was and the weather outside was probably about 98° and we’re layered up in from leotards to leggings to tank top and then the clothes that they wanted us in so we’re probably about maybe three layers of clothing and the majority of the filming was outside, and we all had to be dead on the ground on the tarmac and the cement so a few things for this day number one because it was so hot, and everybody was laying on the ground.

People were getting burned by the tarmac cause it was so hot we were laying on the ground for so long, we were getting burned by the ground so they had to stop production and they had to cut cardboard pieces in the shape of how we were laying and put them underneath our clothes so now we not only have three layer of clothes but now we had cardboard underneath this as well to protect us from the ground so we wouldn’t get burned so that was a dealing situation while during that day, I was in three different spots for filming the first spot, I was on a grassy area, and I stepped into a pile which we didn’t know. Was there where we were placed and so I got bitten up by some ants that day, which was not my first time by the way that’s another another story to tell but I was bitten up by Aunt so that was the beginning of that one and then they brought me in and they put me in contacts so obviously this was at the very beginning of them, shooting with walkers with contacts early on in the episodes in the series, and there was a certain technique that they used with their contacts where I was told I’m not a professional.

I don’t know for a fact, but I was told that they used a certain type of heat on the contacts and you could only have them in for a few hours at a time and then you have to take them out and let your eyes rest and then you put them back in or what have you well that day they had put them in after I done that one scene and sent me out now whenever you wear these contacts understand somebody has to walk you to your spot because you can’t see in these things. It’s very hard to see what’s in front of you so they had people walking me to you know my different spots and they would come over every once in a while, and they would put drops in your eyes to keep your eyes moist well after a few hours of production they were going around everybody putting drops in the ones who had contacts which means if you had contacts that means that you got a decent close-up shot of your face because I wanted to see your eyes, but we were all new to the situation and I didn’t know like how often I needed to get drops.
All I knew was that my eyes were starting to hurt and after a few hours, you know, I was yelling out calling to somebody to come put drops in my eyes and they got to the point where one of the PAs was talking to me and asking me to move to a certain location like I had to move a few feet over and they kept pointing to me and they didn’t know my name in particular because there’s so many of us that they kept saying you in the whatever clothes I was wearing that day you and the gray jacket let’s say move to your right about three you know three steps well I mean I’m in contact I have no idea who they’re talking to, and they’re pointing, and it got to the point where you know nobody knew who they were talking to it first and then everybody realized they were talking to me cause I wasn’t responding to anything and finally they’re like. Can you not see me pointing to you and telling you to move? I’m like no I can’t see anything like nothing and they’re like oh OK so they learned my name and they told me to go ahead and move you know in my spot so after that they would tell me my name to move so my eyes were getting more dry as the day goes by 98° and nobody coming around as often to put the drops in my eyes because there were so many people and I didn’t know better so I’ve gotten bit by the ants. It’s 90° and we were getting like burn on the ground. It was hot, sweaty smelly.

Everybody was just gross and then on top of that my eyes were hurting well. Come time where they wrapped production. They told us the routine was you had to go get your makeup removed get your contacts out and then you could turn in your paper to get your clothes so you can change out of your you out of your costume and then they would give you your voucher and sign you out for the night. Well I went and got my contacts removed and I stood in line with my paperwork to get my clothes and I got yelled at by one of the PAs and they said did you not follow directions? Can you not understand you were supposed to get your contacts out and then come and get your clothes so that way you know you can go and I said to them my contacts are out they’ve been out and they’re like are you lying to me and I’m like no they’ve been out for like 1520 minutes they’re like you need to go over to the to med to medical because my eyes were so bloodshot and so dry. I cannot even see and I had to drive home and it was like about midnight that night and I was. It was so hard for me to see driving home. Every light that I looked at was like a starburst, and I could hardly see the cars in front of me because if they put on the brakes it just like lit up the whole area because my eyes were just beyond normal at that point so I ended up for two weeks after that shoot I ended up having to talk to the meds.

The woman Cris, who was Chris Smith, who is in charge of doing contacts for that event for that particular episode for two weeks after that to make sure that was OK and my eyesight for literally two weeks was completely blurred. I could not transition back very easily so between getting burned on the pavement getting in an ant pile and then my contacts drying my eyes out so bad dried out that was like the worst day on set ever and I still came back for Moore because I enjoyed being in that production being on that show so much I enjoyed being a part of all of that, but that was literallylike the hardest day filming crazy and that was I think only season two because we went to the prison and season three so yeah I think that was season two season three I forget it’s been so long now but yeah unbelievable huh that’s my story for that one.