Walking Dead Plot Spoilers, Recap News: Noah's Death, Tyler James Williams Says Scene Even More Gruesome in the Script

Tyler James Williams, who played Noah in AMC's "The Walking Dead" Season 5, has revealed in an interview that his character's death scene in "Spend," the March 15 episode of the series, was only the "condensed" version and that in the script itself, the death was even more gruesome.

Williams spoke to Access Hollywood on Monday, a day after fans witnessed the most horrifying deaths, including that of Noah, in "The Walking Dead" TV history.

Williams said when he was told by script writer Greg Nicotero how it was going to go down, he was excited and grateful as well to have a scene that could potentially be iconic and it was just something he was looking forward to do.

He said what he saw in the final version when it aired was just cool.

However, Williams said Nicotero's version was more drawn out than what was aired. For instance, he said in the script "a finger was supposed to go into my eye socket, pop my eye out and peel my forehead back." He said the creators must have felt that it was just too much for the viewers to digest.

On how he was told his character was going to get killed, Williams confirmed that it was showrunner Scott Gimple who broke the news to him. Gimple has to do this for all cast members about to be killed off, he added.

Williams said he and Gimple went out to dinner and told him what would happen to Noah. "So it was cool. I was ready to kind of – not ready to go, but knew that it was coming, and was just ready to kind of contribute in any way that I could to what storyline would be coming next," he said.

On who from the other cast members found out first, Williams confirmed it was Steven Yuen, who played Glenn, because, he was an integral part of that death scene. Yuen felt bad, but he told Williams, "Dude, we're gonna do this right."

After Yuen, Andrew Lincoln and then Norman Reedus found out, and after that, everyone knew. Williams started getting a lot of "I'm so sorry this is happening" phone calls, but Williams believed it was a good way to go.

As to where and how Williams had his "death dinner" party with the cast, he said they had it even before his character was introduced in the show, so no one was the wiser when they did it outside. They booked a private room in a restaurant and he got a tribute. Considering he was only a part of the group for nine episodes, William felt very grateful to be a part of the "family."

On the reactions of people close to him, Williams said he had one ex-girlfriend who called him and expressed she couldn't really watch it. Williams told his mother ahead of time, telling her to just DVR the episode and watch it back so she can fast forward it, not really saying why. But his mother watched it and told him, "I didn't need to see that."

On one of last episode's story arcs, what does Williams think about what should happen to Father Gabrielle, who just betrayed the group? Williams said he loves Seth Gilliam, who plays Gabrielle, but the character is someone that needs to either have a change of heart or most likely will "...get a machete to the face." But Williams said he is hopeful it could end the other way.

On the show's future episodes, Williams said he is looking forward to see how Glenn's return without Deanna's son would affect Alexandria, and how Rick's group will react to Noah's death due to Nicholas' cowardice. It would be interesting to see the dynamics these events cause to the two groups, Williams said. "So I'm curious to see where that goes – how everyone deals with death now."

Williams joined "The Walking Dead" only in Season 5, but his character Noah felt like a long-time member of Rick's crew. It could be because he started out being friends with Beth, and with the loss of Beth, Noah's presence seemed to compensate a bit for her heartbreaking death.