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"David Morrissey has admitted that he is excited to join The Walking Dead. The British actor will play the villainous Governor in the zombie drama&amp;#039;s third season, due to air in late 2012.   &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve got the graphic novels but have only read Robert Kirkman&amp;#039;s [prequel novel] Rise of The Governor, which I thought was brilliant,&amp;quot; he told TV Guide. &amp;quot;There was so much in that book that I could [use], like the desire for survival above everything else. I&amp;#039;m finding out what his fears, anxieties and loves are, so I can make him my own.&amp;quot; Morrissey described The Walking Dead as &amp;quot;the right show at the right time&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;My family will be joining me in Atlanta,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve known Andrew Lincoln [who plays Rick] from around London - we have mutual friends. And I get to go to Comic-Con.&amp;quot; Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman previously insisted that Morrissey is an &amp;quot;awesome&amp;quot; choice for the role of the Governor. &amp;quot;More than any other actor, David Morrissey came in and wanted to embrace everything that there is to the Governor,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;He knew this is a complicated character, and he knew this was a character that people are going to hate to love.&amp;quot; The Walking Dead airs on AMC in the US and FX in the UK. &amp;gt; Walking Dead: John Hawkes &amp;#039;turned down Governor role&amp;#039; Watch a sneak peek at The Walking Dead season three below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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