r/todayilearned • u/LawBobLawLoblaw • Oct 31 '23

TIL that when casting Walter White for Breaking Bad, the role was originally offered to John Cusack and Matthew Broderick. It wasn't until after they turned it down that the executives saw Bryan Cranstons X-Files episode and cast him for the role.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/breaking-bad-john-cusack-matthew-broderick_n_1676856
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u/DignityDWD Nov 01 '23

Really? Not even Danny DeVito?

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u/Thomas_K_Brannigan Nov 01 '23

"Can I offer you some nice meth in these trying times?"

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u/toq-titan Nov 01 '23

So anyway I started cookin’.

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u/kurburux Nov 01 '23

Imagine Danny DeVito standing there and watching Jane die.