Original Walking Dead Actor Chandler Riggs’ Sly Finale Cameo Slipped Right Past Viewers – Looper

Toward the end of Season 11, Episode 24 (“Rest in Peace”), there is a scene at the Hilltop community where Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) are talking to Maggie Rhee (Laura Cohan) about what happens next. In the background of that ordeal, there are several people working and doing farming activities, including an individual way in the back looking suspiciously like a two-eyed Carl Grimes. That’s because it was Chandler Riggs playing a hilltop farmer in the background of the series finale.

While many might think this move was a carefully calculated endeavor, that is simply not the case. It turns out it was all by chance. The actor was visiting the set, and when they needed extras, he was chosen by the director Greg Nicotero, and Riggs did not hesitate at the opportunity to get back into “The Walking Dead.” “They gave me a hoe and said, ‘Be a part of the background for one of the last shots’,” Riggs told Entertainment Weekly. “And they just tossed me back there, and I just did some hoeing in the ground in the background. [Laughs] It was a lot of fun. It was just a quick thing before the rest of the filming for the day, so it was pretty cool.”

While it was brief and somewhat out of sight, having Carl Grimes in the mix is a fun little easter egg that fans will appreciate. But it does feel safe to assume that Chandler Riggs’ series finale cameo could easily make the list of “Walking Dead” cameos fans probably missed the first time around.