Chandler Riggs was recently interviewed by Buffalo News before the release of “The Walking Dead” season 5 in October.

    Though he wouldn’t say too much about the new season, he did say of his character Carl Grimes, “I like the way Carl has developed. It’s interesting to see him grow. I’m enjoying seeing where he is going.”

    Grimes’ character has certainly gone through a lot in the last few years, Riggs cited the camaraderie on set for keeping things light.

    “Some of the actors were going through something similar in the last episodes. It was a really sad time for all of us. We lost two major characters,” he said. “But there’s no real intensity or tension on the set with these scenes. When it has to be serious, like an intense scene where someone is getting killed off, we try to keep it on the down-low. Otherwise, everyone has fun.”

    Riggs said his favorite episode is episode 404, in which he got to “fire off a bunch of rounds on a machine gun on my birthday.”

    Riggs, 15, was cast as Grimes in “The Walking Dead” at the age of 10. In 2012 and 2013, he was nominated for the Young Artist Award for best leading young actor for his role in the show.

    (SD-Agencies)