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Aaron Paul Shares The Relentless Prank Bryan Cranston Would Pull On The Set Of ‘Breaking Bad’: “He Would Get Everybody In On It”


Aaron Paul relayed a hilarious behind-the-scenes 'Breaking Bad' tidbit in which Bryan Cranston would repeatedly prank him about his character's death.

As such, Paul said he “sprinted” into the office and asked to read the script — but upon perusing the final pages, he found his Jesse Pinkman alive and (mostly) well. “He just made it seem like I died,” he said of his Dos Hombres Mezcal co-founder, “but he would not stop, and he would get everybody in on it, like the costume designers said, ‘Hey we gotta do your measurements for the casket, so if you could stay after work, that would be great.’ I’m like, ‘What are you talking about? The Vince Gilligan-created series also spawned the equally beloved Bob Odenkirk vehicle Better Call Saul, which clinched 53 Emmy nods but did not receive any awards during its run from 2015 to 2022.

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