The Walking Dead director Greg Nicotero describes filming the physical season finale

Entertainment Weekly

"This was much more physical," Nicotero says of the scene between Andrew Lincoln and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. "These guys, we started shooting this scene, and I think the first three hours of the day, the guys were really physical and kind of rolling around. And then I was shooting the up angle on Andy and getting his moments where he says, 'Save him,' and at that point, I needed to give the actors a break to catch their breath, and then we turned around and shot some other stuff." ALSO: Scott M. Gimple says of the Lauren Cohan situation: "We will be telling peeps what’s up with all that soon."