For a lack of anything else better to do (the life of a blogger is a lonely one, indeed), I waddled over to the IMDb page for “Breaking Bad” a little bit ago and came across a heartwarming story involving an autograph, Walter White, and blue meth. The unfortunately named IMDb user, “squirtsquirt7,” wrote to “Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston in “mid-March and today I found a nice yellow envelope in my mailbox.” Inside was a personalized, autographed picture that reads, “Too much cash…nice problem.”
Not only that, but Cranston also included a “little extra token…a little packet of blue meth.” (I initially thought the story was a fake, until another user asked if they could buy the “meth” from, ugh, “squirt”; he replied, “I’m gonna have to pass, I just love it so much.”) This is your daily reminder that Bryan Cranston is The Best.
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From Hal, to watching him be awesome in Celebrity Poker Showdown, to Walter White, Bryan Cranston is the best.
Had my bachelor party in Albuquerque last March. I am not, nor are any of my friends, from New Mexico but thought we’d make a BB pilgrimage to visit some of the external locations (Walt’s house, Jesse’s house, “Run” corner, car wash, etc).
I sent e-mails to the agents of Gilligan, Cranston, Paul and a few others on a whim asking if there was anything they could do for us while we were down there (I asked all nice like). Gilligan’s people got back to me and hooked us up with a bunch of BB swag, a studio tour and some other cool stuff. None of which they had to do but when out of their way for us, muchless on the day before S5 starting to shoot.
So yes, Breaking Bad’s cast and crew are pretty spectacular for us fanboys/girls.
One complaint, our studio tour guide – a production director – told us Cranston would’ve given us the tour himself had we been there 2 hours later. Like we wouldn’t have waited in the middle of the desert for Cranston…COME ON.
Holy shit, that’s awesome. I’m always happy to read that these people I love are genuinely decent individuals, or in Cranston’s case, the fucking man.
Yeah I was genuinely impressed with how they treated us, especially the crew we met on set. It seems everyone – Gilligan, Cranston, random PAs – actually care if people appreciate their product which goes a long way in building loyalty.
Gus Fring would be proud of that last sentence.
A friend of mine has interviewed Cranston a number of times (here and here) and describes one of their meetings as “the best dinner conversation I ever had.” Pretty much every time Cranston answers a question, he goes on for a while – really gives the writer LOT to work with. Just seems like a genuinely awesome guy.
Maybe if I ask nicely he’ll send out a schtickle of flouride. Also, he regularly shows up on Adam Carolla’s podcast, and seems like one of the most down to earth, genuine, actors in the biz.
I met him once at LAX in Deltas airline club. As people have stated above, he is one of the nicest celebrities I’ve ever met. Not only did we chat for most of the three hour layover, but my mom called in between our conversation and he talked to her for a bit [it made her life].
Nothing can make me happier right now than hearing how personable Bryan Cranston is. Could not be more excited for a season of television. Plus I am super pumped for Bryan to kill it in Affleck’s upcoming film, Argo….my man will be going into beast mode believe dat
I live in Albuquerque, and I can semi-vouch for the Bryan Cranston is awesome theme. I’ve never personally met him around town, but I know several who have and everyone consistently says he is awesome and always really nice to them.
To paraphrase Denny Green, ABQ is what I thought it was.
But I’m from Metro Detroit so I really have no place to talk.
Yes, it’s nice when people are nice. Not sure why it’s such a surprise when people who arent anywhere near mega-stars are both nice and have the time of day for what is about 10 fans per month. It usually becomes a personal space/privacy/stalker/psycho concern once someone blows up to the point that they have too many fans, become shellshocked and are thus dubbed “assholes”. Breaking Bad is still a tiny show, and Bryan Cranston still more known for being that guy who was once on Malcolm in the Middle than anything else.
I hear that everyone on Breaking Bad is generally very nice in that sense, though personally they are a little too self-congratulatory for my taste. This is not the greatest thing that ever happened on TV (is anything really?) and maybe it would be nice if they’d stop saying that about themselves once in a while.
He was also Jerry Seinfeld’s Dentist.
“What is the deal with fluoride anyway? Is it good, is it bad? Does it help prevent decay or is it a government tool to dumb down the masses?” *laugh track*