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March 31 (UPI) — Norman Reedus has wrapped filming on The Walking Dead. The 53-year-old actor shared a post Thursday on Instagram after he finished filming the 11th and final season of the AMC series.
Reedus included a video of himself singing with his co-star Melissa McBride. Reedus and McBride play Daryl Dixon and Carol Peletier on The Walking Dead.
“Carol is sterile and Daryl is feral, a match made in hell,” the pair sing.
Reedus celebrated his time on the show in the caption.
“That’s a wrap. 11 seasons 12 years. Never been so beat up and it was an absolute blast. Thank you to all of you that took this ride with us and what a ride it was,” he wrote.
The Walking Dead director Greg Nicotero also marked the end of filming in an emotional Instagram video featuring Reedus on Wednesday.
“Here we are. Last day,” Nicotero said in the clip.
“Twelve years,” Reedus added, putting his arm around his friend. “Love you, buddy. Thank you for everything. It’s been a real joy.”
Nicotero seemed to be struggling to hold back tears and put his head on Reedus’ shoulder.
“Remember when we were babies and we started this show?” Nicotero joked.
“I feel like my whole brain is short-circuiting right now. I can’t really wrap my head around this,” Reedus admitted.
“It’s hard,” Nicotero said. “But 12 hours from now the world is going to be a different place.”
“Yeah, I’ll be on the floor with a martini, in tears,” Reedus said.
The last episodes of the franchise’s flagship show are expected to air later this year.
Several new spinoffs of the zombie-apocalypse drama are also in the works. They include an anthology series, as well as separate shows focusing on Reedus’ character Daryl and Melissa McBride’s Carol and Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Negan and Lauren Cohan’s Maggie.
In addition, The Walking Dead spinoff Fear the Walking Dead is in its seventh season. The show was renewed for Season 8 in December.
