'The Walking Dead: World Beyond' actors on parallels between zombie apocalypse and COVID-19

Parallels can be drawn between the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and a zombie apocalypse, say Aliyah Royale and Hal Cumpston, who star in horror series "The Walking Dead: World Beyond", as the newcomers believe the current situation across the world is "frightening" and full of "confusion". "World Beyond", the third series in the popular horror zombie franchise, hands over its reins to young blood and focuses on "the first generation to come-of-age in the apocalypse" in Nebraska. Unlike the zombies, colloquially called 'walkers', Royale said, the teenagers in "World Beyond" are called 'empties' because "there's nothing left". For Cumpston, the concept behind "World Beyond" is appealing as the series, even though amplified by zombies, is a recipe for an "interesting piece of young adult show".