If the final episodes of theBob Odenkirk - ledBetter Call Saulhave you feeling nostalgic for its Albuquerque crime - saga predecessorBreaking Bad , it might be metre for a rewatch . BothSaulandBreaking Badhave been hailed as some of the best tv set of any era , with high shoal chemical science instructor Walter White disappear into the abysm of New Mexico ’s meth scene as he tries to provide a financially inviolable future for his kin after being diagnose with lung cancer .
If you want to go deeply down the lapin golf hole , you could moderate out some of the original cast hearing tapes , which are available on YouTube .
The footage boast Anna Gunn , who went on to depict Skyler White , Walt ’s married woman ; Dean Norris , who played DEA agent Hank Schrader ; Betsy Brandt , who played Schrader ’s married woman and Skyler ’s sis Marie ; and Aaron Paul , who pick up the role of White ’s delinquent confederate , Jesse Pinkman .
Noticeably absent from the compilation isBryan Cranston , who played drug kingpin Walter White . Unlike much of the supporting mold , Cranston was a proven worker by that point , having starred in the sitcomMalcolm in the Middle . While he seemingly did n’t have to audition , he was not AMC ’s first choice for the role . They reportedly preferred Matthew Broderick or John Cusack , though Cusack latersaidhe had never been officially come near about the show .
“ No , I never was , and it was one of those thing where I listen it so many time I started to think maybe it was straight , ” Cusack toldVarietyin 2020 . “ And I endure into the creator ofBreaking Badand I enounce , ‘ Am I crazy or did you propose me Walter White ? ’ He ’s like , ‘ No . ’ ”
Breaking Badcreator Vince Gilligan fought for Cranston , who had come out as a invitee onThe X - Fileswhen Gilligan was a stave author on that series . apply Cranston ’s work onMalcolm in the Middle , executives were wary of tramp a sitcom performing artist . Gilligan obviously won that argument .
