And no, it's not from maintaining that majestic mullet
Warning: Season 7 spoilers ahead
Fighting through the apocalypse can work up an appetite, and for American actor Josh McDermitt, that hunger is easily sated by siew mai.
"What are these?" Remarked the "Walking Dead" star as he chowed down the yellow meat dumplings. "Popping these like delicious chicken-filled candy."
He's warm, chatty and cavalier - especially considering the heavy mid-season cliffhanger that Season 7 left us with. After surrendering himself, McDermitt's Eugene Porter has been whisked off by the tyrannical villain Negan to someplace we're guessing isn't Wonderland.
We grill the man with the mullet on his life on set - and why it gave the big softie nightmares.
Photo: Pamela Chow
Another defining trait about Eugene is his iconic mullet. Is the look starting to grow on you?
Yeah, he’s very proud of it! I’ve grown to embrace it, but I don’t know how girls do it – when I sleep on the side of my head, all of a sudden the hair’s pulling my head and I always have to flip it back.
When I first got the haircut, it was very shocking. I was like, “What the hell is going on? I don’t like this.” But I’ve slowly just embraced it, and I wear a hat most of the time anyway. You get to see it in full effect today. It’s glorious, isn’t it? [Laughs]
Do you have a hair care regimen for it?
I put some pomade in the back, because I think a mullet looks best when it’s a little greasy. You have to embrace how bad it looks. That’s the only time it’ll look nice.
The term we use is “polishing a turd”. You can polish it all you want, but it doesn’t matter – it’s still a turd! [Laughs]
Would you consider keeping this style after the show?
I’m gonna keep it until my demise has been revealed on the show. Because my fans know me by this, if I cut it, they’ll go, “You’re dead. I know you’re dead.” I don’t want to spoil that for them. As a fan of the show myself, I’d hate it if one of the actors did that.
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