Breaking Bad on AMC Tonight at 10, Bryan Cranston Explains
I absolutely know for a fact that you have nothing going on tonight at 10.
The esteemed Mr. Shales at the Washington Post says:
Walt's teenage son, Walter Jr., has cerebral palsy, a disease that keeps him on crutches and sometimes interferes with his ability to communicate. The part is played by an actor who really was born with cerebral palsy, RJ Mitte, cast for his abilities and not for a disability. Walt's wife, Skyler, a prying and neurotic control freak, is played by Anna Gunn, who's clever enough to make the character tolerable. Walter himself is played by veteran TV actor Bryan Cranston, who spent seven years as a hairy-backed dad on the Fox sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle."
Cranston is the consummate chameleon; he looks different in each role -- barely recognizable for his memorable recurring gig as dentist Tim Whatley on "Seinfeld." In "Breaking Bad," Cranston does lots of coughing, a great deal of grimacing, and way too much running around in his underwear. But he also takes a tricky character and makes him believable, sympathetic and worthy of concern.
Some of Walt's biggest mistakes are made for him -- by his blundering partner in crime, Pinkman, played with pitch-perfect cluelessness by Aaron Paul. Pitiful Pinkman narrowly escapes capture in a drug bust near the show's opening, with Walt's big, bald brother-in-law Hank (Dean Norris), a DEA agent, in charge.
And here's the promised clip.
