Like the majority of Dune fans, I too watched the film adaptation of the first half of the book and I was thoroughly impressed. Such was my admiration for it that, ever since I finally saw it last night, my anticipation has really fueled. Next chapter sees our Fremen finally encountering with the man behind it all and arch-nemesis of our story, Emperor Shaddam IV. Yet, no actor has been cast in this role so far. To aid with that process, I nominate multiple-times Emmy-winning actor, acclaimed for his role as Walter White/Heisenberg on Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston. This role requires a sense of superiority, self-esteem class, elegance all hidden behind ruthless evil, disrespect to others, entitlement, lust for power, menacing pragmatism, tremendous egoism, allegiance solely to his interests, huge hypocrisy as well as lack of compassion. Walter White/Heisenberg showed us exactly these traits during his course on Breaking Bad. His experience there must be a decisive factor in casting the Emperor. I pray he his chosen for that part. If so, a masterous performance is guaranteed. If not cast, I wish for the production team to choose another talented actor instead. Do you here agree with my suggestion or not?
So I was wondering if the real Bryan Cranston exists in the curb universe, since Bryan plays his therapist. However Seinfeld exists as it was in the curb universe, so Bryan Cranston has to exist in the curb universe too right? Are there any other characters in curb that exist in both shows in a similar way? I'm sure there has to be a few more at least
First of all, hi r/okbuddychicancery, this isn’t a joke post.
I have this drawing of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman kissing that’s become an in joke with my friends, I even have it printed and framed. My question is if I got the chance to meet the cast and I used the opportunity to get them to sign the picture, would that be harassment? Do you think they’d be uncomfortable with it?
I was going to post this on no stupid questions subreddit but I read the rules and I’m not sure if it fits there, I’m barely sure if it fits here.
Thanks!
I'll always remember this because it's one of the only times I remember a director doing something like this. Also, it was at a time before Bryan Cranston became the superstar that he is today.
Here's the (now gone) web page: https://web.archive.org/web/20031019100839/https://imdb.com/title/tt0183392/#comment
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Like any proud father, I don't particularly like it when my "baby" is criticized, however, when one displays their art for the public, one must take the "pounding" along with the "pats". Anonymous has the right to an opinion, so my missive is not intended to declare that Anonymous is wrong, rather to offer a different viewpoint to balance the scale, then let each film goer decide.
First, let me concur with Anonymous on the occasional darkness of the film itself. We were aware of the problem, but opted to go with what we had at the time instead of missing the Palm Springs Film Festival altogether. As of this date the visual and sound "blemishes" are being corrected. Our gamble was that the audience would be emotionally invested in the characters and story and would overlook the few problems. From the official results of the audience poll, we guessed correctly. After word-of-mouth filled the theater to near capacity (400 seats) for our first screening, we got a "standing room only" response (300 seats) on our second and last screening. On a scale of 1-5 (1=poor, 2=okay, 3=average, 4=good, 5=excellent) Last Chance recieved a "4.5"! So, nearly 700 people had a completely different experience than did Anonymous. Just their opinion.
Secondly, I won't argue the point that my direction was "inept" as Anonymous put it, but I won't agree with it either. The jury is still out on that. But I will say that any professional actor will tell you that all good performances begin with good writing. When Anonymous stated that Last Chance had "decent to good performances", he unknowingly complimented me. That's not to take anything away from the actors mentioned, they were fantastic, as were the rest of the cast, in fact the area I'm most proud of is that there are no bad performances anywhere in the film...again, just an opinion.
Lastly, my curiosity beckons me to challenge "Anonymous" to elaborate where the film has "gaping lapses in plausibility, scenes tossed in at random for non apparent purpose". Maybe we can have a respectful debate on the issues over the internet? Are you willing , Anonymous?! Perhaps you'd also reconsider your d
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I'm just about to finish reading Bryan Cranston's book, A Life In Parts. I know this was published 5 or so years ago but I hadn't gotten around to reading it until a friend let me borrow it. I'm not usually much of a reader but this book has kept my attention and it's just so fascinating to me to not only hear about Bryan's life growing up and starting out as an actor, (as well as his appearances on Seinfeld...) But some of the information he shares about Breaking Bad is yet ANOTHER reason to love the show. You can just feel how Walt couldn't have been played by anyone other than Bryan. I have about 20 pages left. Anyone else read this book??
So I work in this big market in Atlanta. Anyway, so I'm opening up counting the register and whatnot. I looked over at this guy sitting at a table right outside of my work. I was 95% sure it was Bryan Cranston. He was wearing a hat and had no facial hair. So I texted my girlfriend about it and she did some fact checking and it turns out he is in Atlanta right now filming a movie! Now he was talking with someone at his table and I didn't want to be annoying and be like "Yo Mr. White could I get a photo?" I decided to approach it in a different way. I took a piece of paper and wrote "Stay out of my territory" on it. I walked by his table inconspicuously on my way to the bathroom and slipped the note in front of him and he thought it was fucking hilarious! He ended up following me and we talked for a bit about the movie hes working on and some breaking bad stuff. Very nice guy!
Jesse in the initial seasons was a carefree adult who used to consume drugs and alcohol for fun. However, by the time the show ended, he was hollow, angry, and was always under an overwhelming sense of guilt (due to the people that were killed as a part of the rise of their drug empire). He was a shadow of his former self. He killed Gale, almost killed Walter and beat the shit out of Saul for helping Walt poison Brock (which in itself was so pure that it was the most powerful scene in the entire show and hence would seal my argument). He was a good person trying to do bad things throughout the show.
