Norman Reedus has recounted his disastrous first on-screen kiss in a forgotten 1998 thriller, Dark Harbor, explaining how he needed the director's help to do it right. With a seasoned acting career behind him, Reedus is no stranger to kisses onscreen, having performed multiple across his time in movies and TV series. His latest kiss was in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 2, episode 2, where his titular character kissed Clmence Posy's Isabelle. The surprising moment was also an important one for the story of the zombie series moving forward.

But, speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Reedus recalled his disastrous first on-screen kiss with Polly Walker (Bridgerton) in the 1998 thriller Dark Harbor. The actor remembers kissing her and using his tongue twice in a row, both times surprising his scene partner. He ended up asking the director, Adam Coleman Howard, about his performance, who told him what he was doing wrong. Reedus apologized to Walker,...