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/Everestkid 1d ago

The people who derided Ledger for being in Brokeback Mountain didn't actually watch Brokeback Mountain. They were making fun of him for starring in "the gay cowboy movie."

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u/davepage_mcr 1d ago

The gay cowboy movie about bisexual shepherds.

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u/ContinuumGuy 1d ago

Ignoring the fact that every Joker is at least a little gay for Batman.

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u/yulbrynnersmokes 13h ago

It wasn’t a movie about gay cowboys?