'The Walking Dead' Season 6 Spoilers: Why Is Jeffrey Dean Morgan "Perfect" For Negan?

Another episode of The Walking Dead Season 6 has come and gone, but still no Negan. Although "Not Tomorrow Yet" didn't introduce Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the comic book bad guy just yet, TWD executive producer Scott Gimple continues to tease about the Good Wife star's appearance in the show, calling him the perfect Negan!

Gimple recently spoke to Nerdist, where he revealed what makes Morgan the best possible Negan.

"The glee that [Morgan] had in the idea of being able to play this role was perfect for this role. The glee that he showed is so similar to the kind of id that Negan displays," Gimple said, adding that although looks played a part, it was more of Morgan's reaction to the role that made it work.

"It isn't just that, physically, he resembles him. Jeffrey's enthusiasm mirrors the character's enthusiasm," he said. "Negan is an extremely enthusiastic character; he's not subtle. There really aren't a lot of half measures. He's a bull in a china shop, and the china shop is the world. And he's not very concerned about what he breaks."

Gimple also admitted that he thought Morgan's grin made him look like the perfect Negan.

"I saw Jeffrey's smile and I said, 'Oh, that's Negan's smile.' When we initially started talking about it, just the happiness beaming from him at the idea of doing this role was like 'I can't imagine anybody else doing it,'" he said.

Although we can trust that Morgan's portrayal of the comic book villain to be spot on, Gimple also added that the character himself has the makings of the perfect bad guy, likening Negan to "the ultimate bully."

"The bullies in school that were the worst were the ones that were funny. [The ones] that were legitimately funny, that as they were picking on you, you could see that they had a bit of craft to their comedy," he said. "I think Negan is the same way. He is charismatic. He is funny. And yet he does these horrible things and he has this bottom line, kind of scary philosophy to the world."

Find out if Negan will finally appear in "The Same Boat," the thirteenth episode of The Walking Dead Season 6, which airs on AMC on March 13.