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How The Walking Dead: World Beyond characters’ worldviews are changing

Each member of the World Beyond cast has been through a lot, but some have been through more than others.

I asked Ted Sutherland whether he thinks Percy regrets joining up with the new group after being out on his own with his uncle. “I mean, his uncle’s dead. But I don’t think Percy thinks that way. I think he’s focused on moving forward. I think that’s the world he comes from. He’s been stuck in this horror for a decade. He hasn’t had the luxury of thinking of what might be. So he only moves forward.”

Nicolas Cantu knows that Elton’s worldview has shifted a lot, and the bright-eyed kid who left Campus Colony has changed now that he’s seen what’s happening outside and after learning about Hope’s role in what happened to his mom. “It definitely changes him,” Cantu said. “It’s some heavy news to bear, that the person that you’ve been traveling the apocalypse with for the past few months was the person who basically kick-started your trauma. I think it makes Elton realize a lot of things with his positive nihilism. I think he goes more into just nihilism, where he has to move forward in this world knowing that it’s not black and white. And now he understands that there’s a gray area and you don’t judge people by one action. So the fact that he was able to move on and not freak out and go on this little journey of his, it says a lot about his restraint. He doesn’t let evil take over. So [optimism] is still alive in him, but it was a big chop down with the dead mom thing. I mean, that’s not good news for anybody to hear.”

For Hal Cumpston, Silas is struggling to come to grips with the decision to give himself up to save his friends. “He’s a bit more realistic about the situation he’s in. I’m like, ‘How is he going to get himself out of this situation?’”