16 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BREAKING BAD

16 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BREAKING BAD

1. On the season one DVD audio commentary, Vince Gilligan revealed that Jesse was originally going to die by the end of season one. However, they changed their minds after seeing Aaron Paul's performance.
2. During filming, the introduction of Wendy the prostitute was briefly interrupted when a non-actor attempted to pick up actress Julia Minesci, mistaking her for an actual prostitute.
3. The actor who portrays Walter Jr. in the series (RJ Mitte), actually has cerebral palsy like his character on the show. However, his real life affliction is much milder than his character's, and he had to learn to walk with crutches and slow down his speech to play the part.
4. Only twice during the series does Jesse refer to Walt by his first name.
5. When characters on the show are smoking meth, they are actually smoking sugar or rock candy but do not inhale.
6. A main plot point of Breaking Bad concerns the main character, Walt, being a bona fide chemistry genius. Marius Stan, who plays Walt's impressively-eyebrow boss at the car wash Bogdan, in real life is an actual chemistry genius. He has a PhD in Chemistry, and still works in that field. Breaking Bad was his first foray into acting.
7. Bryan Cranston has a Breaking Bad tattoo on his ring finger
8. According to Bryan Cranston, he was so into character that he would insult and curse at Christopher Cousins, who played Ted, when they were off screen.
9. The location shoot of the series in New Mexico pumped roughly $1M per episode into the local economy.
10. While pitching the show to Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan told him he wanted to start off with a nerdy Mr. Chips type character and transform him into Scar face by the end of the show.
11. Breaking Bad was originally set in Riverside, California, but it was moved to Albuquerque to take advantage of a tax rebate on production.
12. Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman) says the word "bitch" 54 times throughout the series.
13. As the series progresses, the character of Walter White starts wearing more and more black or dark-coloured clothing. Several Season 5 episodes have him wearing almost no other colour than black or dark grey.
14. In the show, Walter White, aka Heisenberg, makes pure blue crystal meth using a methylamine process. However, recent studies show that it's impossible to make crystal meth blue the way Walt does.
15. When one of Tuco's two cousins was cast, he was asked if there was someone who looked similar to him who also shared a strong physique and the same intensity, he recommended his brother who got the role immediately.
16. Walter's middle name is Hartwell.
    
    
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