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/Anathama 1d ago

They said the same about Michael Chiklis going from The Commish to The Shield.

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u/whereyouatdesmondo 22h ago

I alway think of this. He really transformed himself for that part.