Juan Javier Cardenas didn’t know about the big twist to Dante until right before he started shooting his first scenes for #TheWalkingDead
season 10. Greg Nicotero pulled him aside right before they started filming. http://bit.ly/DanteTwistTWD

It’s funny b/c Cardenas said he auditioned using material of the Dante character from @TheWalkingDead comic issues No. 131 and No. 160. They included scenes with Maggie!
When Cardenas auditioned for #TheWalkingDead
he said the script referred to Dante’s character using a fake name: Angelo.

. @AngelaKang told me they wanted to introduce Dante at various times over the past few years, “but it's never been quite the right time where it felt like we had enough of a story.” http://bit.ly/DanteTwistTWD
When the Whisperer mole idea came to fruition they saw an opportunity to merge those characters.
Kang said remixing Dante was a huge gamble on their part — "We hope that the audience likes the twist." #TheWalkingDead
http://bit.ly/DanteTwistTWD
