Juan Javier Cardenas didn’t know about the big twist to Dante until right before he started shooting his first scenes for #TheWalkingDead https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> season 10. Greg Nicotero pulled him aside right before they started filming. http://bit.ly/DanteTwistTWD ">https://bit.ly/DanteTwis...

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 https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> 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& #39;s never been quite the right time where it felt like we had enough of a story.” http://bit.ly/DanteTwistTWD ">https://bit.ly/DanteTwis...

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 https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> http://bit.ly/DanteTwistTWD ">https://bit.ly/DanteTwis...