<P> Chad Coleman was cast as Tyreese in mid 2012 . On the auditioning process, Coleman said: "I knew I was auditioning for Tyreese . I got a call that Robert Kirkman had his eye on me since seeing me as Cuddy (sic) from The Wire . He'd been looking at me for a while and I didn't know about it . There was a lot of buzz online about people wanting this character to appear and who should play him--and I was on a lot of those lists . That echoed Kirkman's sentiments and he went to AMC and said, "Chad is Tyreese ." They said fine but we have to see other people and Kirkman said, "But it's Chad ." He went to bat for me and I was grateful that it all worked out . I eventually auditioned for it with dummy sides . I went in and then had to come back one more time and then that was it . What I remember most about my audition was not having a car and having to take the bus to Raleigh Studios in (Hollywood). I appreciate Robert for his sticktuitedness and AMC for seeing what he saw--eventually ." </P> <P> Tyreese, a fan favorite in the comics, was adapted to appear in the third season of the TV series when it returned from its midseason break . Chad Coleman was seen in Senoia on set by fans and supposedly autographed photos with his character's name . On November 20, 2012, his role as Tyreese was officially confirmed . Coleman described the character - "With Tyreese, I really feel the sky's the limit", and that he is "a bona fide leader that can probably find his footing in any situation". Zack Handlen, writing for The A.V. Club, noted that his introduction in the episode "Made to Suffer" happened to occur in the same episode that Oscar - another African - American character - was fatally shot; Forbes magazine's Erik Kain also noted that he was worried for Tyreese because it seemed to him like "black guys in The Walking Dead do not have an easy time staying alive". </P> <P> Eric Goldman at IGN enjoyed the return of Tyreese in the episode "I Ain't a Judas". Zack Handlen felt that it was hard to blame Tyreese and his group for declaring their allegiance to the Governor over Rick, who seemed insane . </P> <P> Eric Goldman enjoyed the fact that Tyreese was fleshed out more in the episode "Prey". Zack Handlen felt that most of the storyline for Tyreese in this episode was "on the clunky side, forcing conflicts that will most likely pay off down the line with rough, ugly timing". He felt that it made sense for Tyreese and Sasha to start questioning the Governor's motivations because "they're still good people at heart, far more in tune with what Rick and his group are aiming for than the Governor's burgeoning fascism", but felt that the conflict between Tyreese and Allen made less sense because Allen was mostly unfamiliar as yet . </P>

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