"The Walking Dead" gets prominent reinforcements: Hilarie Burton, the wife of series star Jeffrey Dean Morgan, takes on a guest role.
New cast member for "The Walking Dead": Actress Hilarie Burton (38, "One Tree Hill") becomes Lucille, the wife of the reformed villain Negan, in the zombie series. The US broadcaster AMC has exclusively confirmed "ComicBook.com". The special thing about the cast: Burton is privately married to Jeffrey Dean Morgan (54), who has played Negan since the sixth season.
Burton looks forward to working with her husband
Burton will guest star on the tenth season bonus episodes, which will air in the spring of 2021. The actress said on Twitterthat she is looking forward to working with her husband. She loves to watch him transform into Negan and embrace that arrogance. In the comics, Lucille suffered from cancer and died before the zombie apocalypse erupted. In the post-apocalyptic world, Negan's infamous baseball bat is called Lucille.
Hilarie Burton and Jeffrey Dean Morgan have been a couple for over ten years. At the beginning of October 2019, they said yes. The couple have two children, son Augustus "Gus" (born 2010) and daughter George (born 2018).