From Rejection to Redemption: The WILD Story of How Norman Reedus Became Daryl Dixon (You Won't Believe It!)

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From Rejection to Redemption: The WILD Story of How Norman Reedus Became Daryl Dixon (You Won't Believe It!)

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Imagine The Walking Dead without Daryl Dixon. Seriously, try it. It's almost impossible, right? Norman Reedus is Daryl. He is the crossbow-wielding, motorcycle-riding, quietly heroic heart of the show. But here's the kicker: it almost didn't happen. He wasn’t even cast to play Daryl Dixon.

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The show was going to reject him initially. So, how did an actor initially turned down become the face of a multi-billion-dollar franchise? Let's get into the behind-the-scenes drama that changed TV history.

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