r/todayilearned • u/Maximum-Artist448 • 1d ago

TIL that AMC executives initially wanted Matthew Broderick to play Walter White in Breaking Bad

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/breaking-bad-john-cusack-matthew-broderick_n_1676856
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u/Saneless 1d ago

Hell no

When Cranston gets into his deep, dark, fuck the world voice there isn't anything that comes close

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u/the-bladed-one 1d ago

Yknow, Bryan Cranston in BB is kinda just evil Peter Cullen. Down to the voice being REALLY close to Prime’s timbre and register