Andrew Lincoln: My Walking Dead beard is hair to stay! (VIDEO)

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British actor Andrew Lincoln says his Walking Dead character Rick Grimes' beard has become 'a very close friend' and he's not getting rid of it any time soon.

The cult zombie apocalypse series returns to Fox UK on Monday and Andrew told Entertainment Weekly: "I love this beard, it's become a very close friend. I'm not sure my loved ones are that keen on it... You know, the moment I get a razor I may consider shaving it off, but... I'm a little busy at the moment!"

Watch the interview with former This Life star Andrew:

 

 

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.