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‘The Walking Dead’ Star Ross Marquand Reveals Helping Inspire LGBTQ+ Fans To Come Out Is ‘The Best Thing’ He Will Ever Do As An Actor

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The Walking Dead star Ross Marquand has spent the last seven seasons of AMC's hit zombie drama fighting the undead as Aaron, but his character has a far deeper meaning to some of his fans.

In an exclusive interview with OK! while at the Fandemic Tour after party, Marquand reveals that his character being a part of LGBTQ+ representation on television and the effect it's had on fans will be one of the “best things” he will ever do in his career as an actor.

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The Avengers: Endgame star first joined the hit series in season 5 when his character ran into Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his group outside of the Alexandria Safe-Zone.

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Shortly after Aaron's introduction into the show, it was revealed that the character was in a loving and open relationship with his boyfriend, Eric (Jordan Woods-Robinson).

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“When you get an acting job, you never think your work might have any sort of greater social significance or meaning in a person's life,” Marquand candidly tells OK!, admitting he initially just thought of it as a job, but it quickly became so much more to him.

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“I have had so many people come up to me … and say ‘you helped me have those hard conversations with my family,'” he continues, explaining how fans would tell him that they didn't know how to come out to their parents as gay or lesbian, and through bonding over loving The Walking Dead and appreciating this openly gay character together, they were able to find the words to come out themselves.

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“The fact that these characters are represented so well, they were like ‘[Aaron], Tara, Jesus, of course, Yumiko, Magna, helped me come out,'” he adds, happy to share the spotlight with many of the show's other LGBTQ+ characters. “For the rest of my life, no matter what I do … that will be 100% the best thing I ever do with my life.”

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