#I really love how close the actors get to their characters in the gilligan verse and how they understand them as true individuals

[kylejsugarman]

i just read an interview with vince gilligan where he said he got so sick of walt in the later seasons that he started saying things like “walt is such a bastard, he’s such a shit” on set, TO BRYAN CRANSTON but stopped because he didn’t want to influence his performance. which is like funny in and of itself… but the idea of bryan taking that as genuine direction and going in to shoot like “okay. i can do this. i am such a bastard I AM SUCH A SHIT” is probably even funnier

god that's so fucking funny, i know its like His Show and Obviously but i feel like vince has such a great understanding of his own characters and the way he like gets sick of them and loves them is so refreshingly sincere because he sees them as like fully formed individuals. so of fucking course he was sick of walt!! i love the idea of vince just offhandedly being like "god walt's such a dickhead" to bryan as if they're talking about a real-life coworker. and maybe bryan did take it as legitimate direction!! he was clearly aware of how much walt sucked and really leaned into it in s5. just imagine shooting the finale scene where walt dies in the meth lab and everyone on set clapping and cheering because that miserable fucker is finally dead