#FunFact 🤓 Did you know that when casting for the iconic role of Walter White in the hit TV series “Breaking Bad,” the producers initially considered John Cusack and Matthew Broderick? 😱 However, fate had a different plan in store for us… 🎬
🔁 After being turned down by Cusack and Broderick, the eagle-eyed executives caught wind of another talented actor 🌟, none other than Bryan Cranston! 😮 Now, you might be wondering, how did they stumble upon him?
🕵️♂️ Well, it just so happened that Cranston’s acting prowess caught their attention in an episode of the famous sci-fi series “The X-Files.” 📺 Bryan’s outstanding performance left them in awe, and they immediately knew they had found their perfect Walter White. 🎭
Imagine, if Broderick or Cusack had accepted the role, would we have witnessed the same breathtaking transformation of Walter White that Cranston brought to life? 🤔 Probably not. ☝️
🙌 Thanks to fate and Cranston’s phenomenal talent, we were treated to a spectacular portrayal of the complex, morally ambiguous character we all came to love and hate. 💙💔
So remember, sometimes the right actor for a role can unexpectedly come from the most unexpected places—a reminder to keep an open mind when it comes to casting decisions in the realm of entertainment. 🌟✨ #UnexpectedTalent #FateInHollywood
Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/breaking-bad-john-cusack-matthew-broderick_n_1676856
That X-Files episode called “Drive” was written by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_(The_X-Files)
Yeah, the good to bad character arc with Matthew Broderick would have been terrifying. And I don’t mean scary.
Matthew Broderick, isn’t he the fella who killed someone with his car in Ireland and got away with it
I ggenuinely can’t imagine Walter being portrayed by any other actor.
I don’t think those other two actors would have been a good fit, at all.
See what should have sold them was Malcom in the middle. Why not only did bc show a tone of range there, but he also had the pysco kinda quality about him. Like he’d go from the dotting husband and dad to complete pysco over nothing.
This isn’t at all how Cranston tells this story.
picturing john cusack saying i’m the one who knocks is hilarious
Cusack would have been pretty epic I’d think to though. No hate towards Bryan, he was amazing.
I couldnt Imagine ferris bueller in the role of walter white.
It’s crazy to think of actors like cusack and Broderick even being considered for Walter because that just seems so wrong now we know what we know. Brian Cranston was so well cast in this role, imo one of the best castings of all time.
Cusack would have been REALLY interesting, honestly.
Cusack would have played it too weird, he can’t help himself. Broderick was too famous to make the character work. They hit it out of the park with Cranston.
It would have been a very different character but I think John Cusack would have been good. However, Matthew Broderick was right to turn it down. He would have been so miscast.
That scene where Walter hits the drug dealers with a car would’ve taken Mathew 1 attempt
Surely the Matthew Broderick one isn’t real. Cusack maybe but broderick??
Thank God. Best show af all time, start to finish.
Vince directed the episode of X-Files that Cranston was in.
crazy. I have no idea who either of those guys are.
God I’m so glad they didn’t choose John Cusack, I hate everything he’s in with a passion and BB is probably my favorite show. What a different and terrible universe that would have been.
When I first had about the show and saw the dad from Malcolm in the middle was playing a serious role I thought “geez that’s dumb”. Boy was I wrong!
This story is BS. Vince Gilligan has said he always wanted Bryan Cranston. Vince Gilligan is the one who wrote that episode of x-Files.
The actors for Jesse, Hank, Tuco, and “Tortuga” were also cast in episodes of the X Files.
Bryan Cranston totally rocked that role, so all’s well that ends well.
I think Michael Keaton, surprisingly Keegan-Michael Key, or even Dave Chapelle would have been great in that role.
I could see Broderick playing Goodman
I don’t know what anyone sees in Matthew Broderick. His delivery is always flat and monotone. His only good performance was Ferris Bueller. Breaking Bad would’ve been absolutely ruined without the strength of the actor playing Walter.
I can’t imagine anyone else playing Walter, Bryan Cranston was born to play him.
Good thing they didn’t see “Erotique”
I just don’t see either of those two pulling off the Krazy 8 scene.
I saw Cusack in Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil and it was very good. This weird movie aged very well, I was surprised to see the average response it got in the 90s.
I love John Cusack, and Matthew Broderick has had his moments, I can’t even remotely fathom them managing even the tiniest bit of the intensity Cranston brought to the role. Can you imagine Broderick saying “I’m the one who knocks”??
That said, I was a fan of Malcom in the Middle and I probably wouldn’t have guessed Cranston would pull it off, either.
I still have yet to completely watch Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranstons is such a dope actor, I still remember him from Malcom in the Middle
I could actually see John Cusack being pretty good as Walter White. I’m struggling to imagine Matthew Broderick though.
I swear everybody’s in the X-Files
This just isn’t true. Gilligan is on video with colbert saying he always wanted Cranston because they worked together on the xfiles episode
John Cusack has said on Twitter that he was never offered the part and if he was he would have taken it. I’m pretty sure he was just a name that was being considered
Breaking Ferris Bueller…. No thanks
Who’s been cooking meth in that old motor home?? Bueller? Bueller?
Thank fuck for that. No fuckin way Broderick could have ever pulled that off. Maybe Cusack.
Anyone that has paid attention to Hal in Malcolm in the middle though would have known that Cranston had range.
I think it was good casting because it would have been “Mathew Broderick’s new show” or “That new show starring John Cusack”. Instead it was “Bryan Cranston IS Walter White”.
Has anyone made worse decisions about their career over the past 25 years than John Cusack? Love that dude, but he couldn’t land a good role if Vince Gilligan punched him in the face 10 times.