As we eagerly await the Breaking Bad spin-off El Camino, Aaron Paul has opened up on what made him sign on for another round as Jesse Pinkman.
Basically, when you boil it down (thats a BB pun totally intended), he would following the shows creator Vince Gilligan into a fire.
Not the safest way to accept your jobs, but thats the way it is.
Aaron admitted when the show wrapped in 2013 he thought it was goodbye and I was OK with that, so we better count the good influencing skills of Vince.
Aaron told The Hollywood Reporter of his thoughts after the El Camino idea was brought up: Im like everybody else on the planet – I think Vince and the rest of the writers really nailed the landing with the ending of Breaking Bad, and why mess with that?
But its Vince were talking about. I would follow Vince into a fire. Thats how much I trust the man. I would do anything that he asked me to.
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Anything?
The actor said getting back into character as crystal meth cook Jesse was very straightforward.
It was so easy for me to just jump into where Jesses at mentally, emotionally, because I lived and breathed everything he went through and then some, and so, honestly, it felt like a part of me had gone through that as well, he said.
All I had to do was just memorise these words and then play them out when they yelled “action”.
And we cannot wait.
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Breaking Bad followed legend Bryan Cranstons mild-mannered chemistry teacher, Walter White, who turns to drug dealing after being diagnosed with cancer.
He enlists the help of his former student Jesse and the pair become major players in the criminal underworld.
This time around well see Jesse escape from captivity and come to terms with his past in order to forge some kiRead More – Source
