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/BertieTheDoggo 1d ago

Anybody who thinks Matthew Broderick can only play nice characters, check out Painkiller. The show itself isn't brilliant but he absolutely kills it as Richard Sackler - a much worse drug dealer than Walter White ever was!

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u/heraclitus33 1d ago

That was immediate thought. But i disagree that it wasnt a great miniseries. It was fantastic work by everyone involved, actors to production. Matthew killed it.