Rising up in a darkish and harmful world the place the useless stroll and the opposite survivors can pose even worse threats, Ginny (Mahina Napoleon) has already needed to overcome seemingly insurmountable difficulties all through her quick life in The Strolling Dead: Dead Metropolis.
Following the trauma of seeing her father useless and was a Walker, she turned nonverbal and was taken in by Negan Smith (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) who allowed her to journey with him on the street – however that too had risks round each nook and a heartbreaking betrayal when she discovered that the person that she’d trusted and appeared as much as as a father determine was liable for her actual dad’s demise.
Ginny has since regained her skill to talk and has set out on a brand new chapter in life – a journey to seek out and kill Negan – however she nonetheless appears to decide on her few phrases very rigorously.
Mahina solely tells In Contact that whereas Ginny has discovered that her voice “does have plenty of energy too,” she believes that “silence is certainly her superpower” this season.
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“I believe Ginny selecting a selective quantity of phrases may be very highly effective as a result of she is aware of what she needs to say and she or he says it with confidence after which she’s accomplished,” the actress, 15, explains. “Like, she will get throughout her level after which it’s simply, ‘I stated what I stated.’”
Mahina additionally displays on the modifications her character has gone by way of between season 1 and season 2 of The Strolling Dead: Dead Metropolis, significantly how she is coping with processing the brand new particulars of her father’s demise and her damaged relationship with Negan.
“I really feel like you may undoubtedly see the flip in how Ginny’s feelings have altered, like, utterly,” she shares with In Contact. “We are able to see how she’s accepted the truth that she actually has no one and she or he wants to determine easy methods to tackle this world on her personal.”
The NCIS: Hawaiʻi alum notes that Ginny is “expressing much more” together with her phrases than within the first season, however she’s additionally persevering with to specific herself together with her actions – corresponding to when she insisted on becoming a member of the New Babylon army.
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“Like that combat scene,” she provides, referring to the Walker ring brawl with Maggie in “Energy Equals Energy,” the premiere episode of season 2. “She is letting out a lot anger, and towards not solely the Walkers, however to Maggie too.”
Because the season rockets nearer and nearer to the finale, Mahina needs to be tight-lipped on spoilers, however when requested to explain the rest of Ginny’s journey this season in three phrases, she provides In Contact, “Struggling in silence.’”
Followers can watch The Strolling Dead: Dead Metropolis on AMC on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. ET/PT or catch it streaming on AMC+.
