Lauren Cohan was recently seen with a brand new, short haircut, and this got some fans worried that the actress might be departing from the show soon. It would be completely in the style of “The Walking Dead” to send off one of its characters without much warning, but that doesn’t seem to be what’s happening here, as official reports claim that the new haircut of the actress is actually related to her role on the show, not an indication that she’s on her way out.
This seems to have put the minds of fans to rest for now, as there was a lot of worrying in the show’s community that the new haircut is indeed indicative of Cohan’s departure. Cohan herself claimed that the show is going to continue with her for now, and that her look will additionally be addressed at some point around the next episodes. We have no idea what that could be about, but it sounds like her character might go through some changes soon.
There’s certainly nothing wrong with that, but hopefully those changes will not indicate anything bad for the character. After all, the fact that she’s not being killed off doesn’t necessarily mean that things will actually end up good for her, and it’s possible that something bad is still being planned for the character. We will know for sure once she’s back on the screen, and until then, fans are optimistic that the new haircut could actually mean good things for her future.
It’s also important to note that the actress wasn’t very clear about whether the explanation for the new haircut is going to come on the show itself, or outside of it, possibly as a comment made by someone off screen. Both are possible, and in the end we wouldn’t be surprised if the explanation was just delivered in an interview or a similar statement to the fans at some point.
Another detail worth keeping in mind is that Maggie actually has the same haircut – or at least close enough to it – in the comic books that the show is based on, so the producers could simply be following the main canon for this. Maggie originally wanted to keep her hair a bit longer, but eventually gave up on those plans when she cut it with Glenn as a preparation for the new life that the two of them had to adapt to.
Considering that the way the two characters have been getting along is more or less in line with the comic books, we expect that the producers will maintain the original story of Maggie and the new haircut of Lauren Cohan is simply something related to that. There could be some more drastic changes to the story, on the other hand, and it’s also possible that the producers could have decided to change the circumstances under which Maggie cuts her hair, possibly adding an entirely new moment to the story.
So far, the show is moving along quite nicely, and various developments are coming up on the horizon in its plot. The producers have been taking good care of the characters that they haven’t killed off already, and some new additions to the screen are coming up soon as well. There is some speculation among fans that someone else is going to get killed off soon too, but we have no idea about that, as there have been no indications on the official side.