'Walking Dead' actor arrested on DUI in Georgia

8:11 AM, Aug 29, 2012   |    comments
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Must be something in the water in Georgia, land of Honey Boo Boo and zombie apocalyptic plots. Now The Walking Dead actor Scott Wilson has been arrested on charges of drunk driving in Peachtree City near where the AMC zombie drama is filmed.

The Associated Press reported that Peachtree City police arrested Wilson, 70, early on Aug. 18, after someone called 911 to report a Chrysler PT Cruiser driving erratically.

According to the arrest report, Wilson told police he'd been drinking scotch and wine at a restaurant. Wilson was swaying, the report said, but here's the unusual only-an-actor angle: Instead of taking a field sobriety test like everyone else, he asked to do yoga poses instead. Apparently, that didn't cut it with the cops.

On The Walking Dead, Wilson plays farmer and recovering alcoholic Hershel Greene, who's one of the survivors after a zombie take-over of the USA.

USA Today