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"John Hawkes has claimed that he turned down the role of The Governor on The Walking Dead. Winter&amp;#039;s Bone star Hawkes was first linked to the part of the comic book villain earlier this year, though British actor David Morrissey eventually won the role. &amp;quot;They offered me the role, and I just felt there would be someone else who could do it better,&amp;quot; Hawkes told MovieWeb. &amp;quot;I was flattered, and I took a look at the series. It held interest for me, but I just didn&amp;#039;t feel like I was the guy for it.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;Yeah, it was nice of them to ask, and it&amp;#039;s a good show... They came to me and sent me the graphic novel and the first two seasons. I took a look at them, and just didn&amp;#039;t feel like it was for me.&amp;quot; Hawkes revealed that his final decision was influenced by the fact that The Walking Dead featured commercials when first broadcast. &amp;quot;I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it&amp;#039;s going to be a different kind of television show,&amp;quot; he said.  &amp;quot;There are going to be sponsors. No matter how good the show is, if there are commercials, it&amp;#039;s going to be a different show, to me. That&amp;#039;s just my personal feeling.&amp;quot; The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has insisted that State of Play star Morrissey will be &amp;quot;awesome&amp;quot; as The Governor. &amp;quot;I think he&amp;#039;s really going to knock it out of the park,&amp;quot; said the writer. &amp;quot;He has tremendous scale and scope to his acting abilities. I think people are going to be shocked and amazed by the things we do with The Governor in season three.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; The Walking Dead: Lauren Cohan to be series regular in third season Watch John Hawkes in the trailer for Winter&amp;#039;s Bone below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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