Breaking Bad (2008): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• For his portrayal of Walter White, Bryan Cranston won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times, in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014.
• Aaron Paul's casting was also initially questioned by production, as Paul looked too old and too much of a "pretty boy" to be associated with meth cooking.
• In contrast to his character, Cranston has been described as extremely playful on set, with Aaron Paul describing him as "a kid trapped in a man's body".
• Aaron Paul won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2010, 2012, and 2014.
• Anna Gunn won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2013 and 2014.
• AMC proposed a shortened fifth season (six to eight episodes, instead of 13) to cut costs, but the producers declined.
• Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan cast Bryan Cranston for the role of Walter White based on having worked with him in the "Drive" episode of the science fiction television series The X-Files, on which Gilligan worked as a writer.
• In 2021, it was voted the third-best TV series of the 21st century by the BBC, as picked by 206 TV experts from around the world.
• Bryan Cranston as Walter White, a high-school chemistry teacher who, shortly after his 50th birthday, is diagnosed with stage III lung cancer and begins producing methamphetamine to secure his family's finances.
• Breaking Bad premiered on AMC on January 20, 2008, and concluded on September 29, 2013, after five seasons and 62 episodes.
• Anna Gunn as Skyler White, Walter's wife, who is pregnant with their second child before his diagnosis and becomes increasingly suspicious of his behavior.
• Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, Walter's former student and partner in the methamphetamine trade.
• Dean Norris as Hank Schrader, Walter and Skyler's brother-in-law and a DEA agent investigating the local methamphetamine trade.

Source: Wikipedia

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