Fear the Walking Dead Series Regular Maggie Grace Removed From Opening Credits – ComicBook.com

Alicia Clark (Alycia Debnam-Carey) isn'tthe only one missingfromFear the Walking Dead. Maggie Grace, a series regular who has played Altheasince Season 4ofFear, is removed from the opening credits of Sunday's Season 7 premiere "The Beacon" and Episode 702 "Six Hours" (streaming earlyon AMC+). We last saw Al leaving Morgan's (Lennie James) dam community in Season 6 Episode 11, "The Holding," setting off to find and warn CRM soldier Isabelle (Sydney Lemmon) about Teddy (John Glover) and his nuclear warheads. But now theLOSTalum is, well, lost for now Grace's name no longer appears as part of the credited cast of Season 7.

It's unusual for anyWalking Deadshow to remove the name of an actor whose character hasn't died or otherwise exited the series.

But it's not unprecedented: some Season 6 episodes ofThe Walking Deadremoved Steven Yeun's name from the credits for the first time since the pilot when his character, Glenn Rhee, appeared to be killed by walkers. (Yeun's name returned after a later episode revealed Glenn survived by scurrying to safety under a dumpster. After Glenn's death in the Season 7 premiere, Yeun's credit was removed for good in Season 7 Episode 2.)

Grace makes a voice cameo over walkie-talkie inFear's Season 6 finale, "The Beginning," when it's revealed Al called for the Civic Republic Military helicopter that rescues a group of her friends from Teddy's bombs. The finale was among the episodes filmed after the COVID-19 pandemicshut down filmingfor several months in 2020, not wrapping until March of this year.

In October 2020, Graceannounced the birthof her first child with husband Brent Bushnell on Instagram. Filming on Season 7 has been underway since April in Texas under four-season showrunners Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg, again taking an anthology-style approach with a handful of characters appearing per episode.

Grace's absence from the credits could be because of secrecy surrounding Al's storyline involving the shadowy CRM, a dangerous conspiracy she's been investigating since Season 5. Like Yeun, removing Grace's name could disguise whether Al will return after disappearing last season.

Officially released Season 7 photos from AMC Networks confirm Althea is alive and will soon appear on this season ofFear. Victor Strand actor Colman Domingo, now aproducer on Season 7, said during an impromptu Instagram Live ahead of Sunday's premiere that it's unclear why Grace's name is missing after multipleseasons on the show.

"As far as I know, Maggie because I've seen her on set so as far as I know, she is in the show. I actually don't know why," Domingo told a fan on Instagram who asked if Grace is still a series regular in Season 7. "That could be a mistake, actually. I actually don't know...but hopefully it will be solved and resolved soon, and probably by someone with a higher pay grade than me. Somebody like our showrunners will be able to answer that."

Here is the order of credited series regulars as they appear in "The Beacon" and "Six Hours": Lennie James, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Colman Domingo, Danny Garcia, Austin Amelio, Mo Collins, Alexa Nisenson, Karen David, Christine Evangelista, Colby Hollman, Jenna Elfman, with Keith Carradine and Ruben Blades.

New episodes ofFear the Walking DeadSeason 7 premiere Sundays at 9/8c on AMC.Follow the author@CameronBonomolo on Twitterfor all things TWD and stay tuned to ComicBook for coverage all season long.

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