Andrew Lincoln is gone. Lauren Cohan is gone (for now?). Danai Gurira will be gone (if rumours are to be believed).

But one Walking Dead star who has no plans to quit is Norman Reedus, who plays fan-favourite character Daryl Dixon.

Reedus, now the first name to appear during the opening credits, told Metro (while promoting Ride with Norman Reedus) that he wants to stay until the very end – but has concerns over whether the show would be able to maintain its quality into a 20th season.

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"I started the show, and I'd like to bookend the show," he said. "I'd like to be there when it ends. I just don't know when the endgame is.

"I just don't want the brand to get watered down too much. You got this goose that lays the golden egg. Sooner or later, you got to let the goose fly free. You don't want to kill it.

"I don't know if that'll happen. We've got a lot of good, creative people on the show, but if this show went on for 20 years, it would get watered down. There's no way around it."

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Reedus added that although he loves being on The Walking Dead, he would consider leaving if the show loses the core of what it's about.

"If the show ever lost track of what it was," he explained. "There's two feet on the ground, it's the end of the world, you either fight for this cause or you run away from this cause. But this is your chance to show who you would be in this situation.

"I think that's what viewers of The Walking Dead related to, 'Oh, if this happened, I'd do this'... When The Walking Dead loses that point of view, then I think it'll fade into the ether."

The Walking Dead airs on AMC in the US and on FOX in the UK. You can also catch up on the show via NOW TV.

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