A relative unknown has (allegedly) landed one of The Walking Dead‘s most high-profile roles.
Ross Marquand, who channeled Paul Newman in a Season 6 episode of Mad Men, is joining the second half of the AMC smash’s fifth season as a series regular.
The network would not confirm the specifics of Marquand role, but TVLine hears that the actor will be playing Aaron, a prominent gay character from Robert Kirkman’s Walking Dead comic series.
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Here’s the description of Aaron from Walking Dead Wiki:
Aaron is a character first encountered in Issue 67 of Image Comics’ The Walking Dead and is a resident of the Alexandria Safe-Zone community, formally working as a recruiter. He worked with Eric, who was his work partner and boyfriend.