Ryan Hurst wanted to be on 'The Walking Dead' so much he had his agent cold call the producers

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• Ryan Hurst joined "The Walking Dead" to play Beta, one of the major new villains on the show.
• A longtime fan of the show, Hurst told INSIDER he asked his manager about a year ago to cold call the producers to tell them he wanted to be on the AMC show.
• A few months later, producers called back and said they had a role for him.
• Hurst's good friend Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays Negan on the show, almost ruined the news. He said Morgan started texting him at 2 a.m. when he found out from executive producer Greg Nicotero he'd be on the show.

"Sons of Anarchy" actor Ryan Hurst was a longtime viewer of AMC's "The Walking Dead" when he decided he wanted to be on the show.

"Probably about a year ago, I had this premonition that I was going to be on the show," Hurst told INSIDER. "It was so strong that I actually called my agent and my manager, and I said, 'Hey, can you call over to 'The Walking Dead' and tell them that I'd like to be on the show?'"

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