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Breaking Bad: Casting Director Spills Secrets

by Regina Avalos, October 29, 2015

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Breaking Bad aired on AMC for five seasons. Viewers tuned in week after week to see life of Walter White, who was played by Bryan Cranston, on the small screen. The series was ended after five seasons and bowed out with a very memorable finale.

Fans are still curious about the behind the scenes antics on the series, and a casting director has now shared some more secrets from the set, according to The Huffington Post.

Sharon Bialy revealed that some of the main stars on the series did not land their roles at first. AMC had to be sold on the idea to hire Bryan Cranston. He was the dad from Malcolm in the Middle after all. Could he play Walter White?

Vince Gilligan thought so, and so did the other people in charge of casting, but they needed to convince Sony and AMC that Cranston was the right actor for the starring role. AMC was eyeing at Matthew Broderick or John Cusack for the role.

As for RJ Mitte and Aaron Paul, both almost lost their roles because they were considered to be too good looking. For Mitte’s role, Gilligan wanted an actor with cerebal palsy for the role. Mitte has the disability, but it is not as pronounced as it is in others. Gilligan was convinced to hire the actor after speaking with him.

Bialy also revealed a tidbit about Johnathan Banks. He nailed his audition completely. In fact, on his casting sheet, one of the casting people wrote “Does it get any better? So good!!”

Fans still talk about Breaking Bad and its finale to this day. Are you a fan of the AMC series? Tell us what you think.


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We do not have T V, but were able to buy the complete series at Best Buy on D V D. We use our computer to play the episodes over & over again and never get bored.

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The “Citizen Kane” of TV series!

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So many good shows had disappointing series finales. And then there’s Breaking Bad which bowed with the most perfect sendoff ever. I can’t listen to “Baby Blue’ without getting teary-eyed.

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It took a lot of convincing from my son that I would love it and to watch past the first two episodes and after that I was hooked. I still am so sad it is over.

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