AMC’s hit show Fear the Walking Dead is creeping its way to Tijuana, Mexico, and it’s bringing with it a new member. Cuban actress Danay Garcia has been cast in the second half of Season 2 as Luciana, a “badass soldier” from a community near Tijuana. Garcia took part in her first Comic-Con panel last Friday (July 22), with other cast members to discuss her new role and her experience on set.
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“It happened so fast,” she said about her initiation into the zombie fest. “I got the job on a Wednesday. I was in Mexico on Friday. I was on set on Monday.”
Nick, played by Frank Dillane, will stumble across Luciana on his “spiritual” journey to Tijuana where, according to executive producer Dave Erickson, he “meets a group of people who don’t see the dead as a bad thing necessarily.”
“She’s testing him” shared Garcia. “He’s the foreigner, [and] this is my land.”
The second half of Season 2 of Fear the Walking Dead will premiere Aug. 21.