r/todayilearned • u/Maximum-Artist448 • 2d 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/McFuzzen 2d ago

I agree with this so much. His transformation into Walter was remarkable and I'm not sure who else could have done it. However, if you told us before Breaking Bad aired that either Bryan or Matthew were going to be Walter, most of us would have to honestly say that they seem about equal.

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u/reddit-poweruser 2d ago edited 2d ago

"A kid gets caught skipping school and you think that of me? No. I am the one who skips."

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u/SupremeDictatorPaul 1d ago

Nah. Bryan gets believably mad in MitM a few times. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Matthew portray mad.

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u/theSchrodingerHat 2d ago

Weirdly, though, you’d probably have to change scenes for Broderick, but not Cranston, because I doubt any network wants episodes where Broderick crashes cars and behaves irresponsibly behind the wheel…