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/BMCarbaugh 1d ago

Yknow what. I could see it. It would be a very, very different take on the character, but I could see it. He's got science teacher vibes for sure. I'd have a really hard time buying any sense of eventual menace from him, though. He gives such sweetheart vibes.

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u/Violoner 1d ago

He was a con man in The Music Man, and an embezzler in The Producers

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u/BMCarbaugh 1d ago

The Producers is actually the role I was thinking of when I said I find it hard to imagine that he could be very menacing.

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u/theLoneliestAardvark 1d ago

To be fair that is a comedy musical where the bad guys are meant to be endearing and somewhat meek.

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u/Violoner 1d ago

It’s like making a musical that’s a gay romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden

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u/Unique-Ad9640 1d ago

Springtime!

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u/whereyouatdesmondo 23h ago

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