Bojack is one of the best shows of this decade tho
"Breaking Bad" actors Bryan Cranston & Aaron Paul collaborating on new project...
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Bojack is one of the best shows of this decade tho
Dr. Narcisse
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Jesse Plemons has done well for himself as well.No, the majority of Hollywood is trash and Aaron Paul happens to be part of said trashBryan Cranston, Giancarlo Esposito, and Bob Odenkirk were the only great actors on Breaking Bad. We tend to get caught up on how great a show is and give credit to everyone in the show when usually it's a handful of actors carrying the show in addition to great writing, direction, and cinematography. There's only a few shows with truly great ensemble casts
AquaCityBoy
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It can take TV actors almost a decade before they can land another breakout role (Ed O'Neil, Neil Patrick Harris, Johnny Galecki).
Cranston doing Breaking Bad only a year or so after Malcolm in the Middle ended is an extremely rare exception.
Anotha one:
Mad Men
Mad Men
Yet another one:
X-Files
Gillian Anderson(who even got a second chance at her first show)
X-Files
Gillian Anderson(who even got a second chance at her first show)
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Mortal1
Superstar
He got nominated for best actor Oscar I'd say its a pretty good way to follow up Breaking Bad imo
I'll start with the easy one:
E.R
Anotha one:
Mad Men
Yet another one:
X-Files
Gillian Anderson(who even got a second chance at her first show)
Not understanding how this contradicts what I said:
The cast, man. Not a couple people.
Fred.
Fam, who is expecting the whole cast of a show to stay as popular as they were on the show that blew them up? Cranston and Paul are the Emmy winners of BB. Cranston has done fine, post BB. Paul is somehow getting a shot with Westworld. I can name two people on most prestige dramas who have done fine afterwards
Most don’t which is why many of them are tv actors in the first place. You have to be a real special talent to transition a tv career into anything beyond tv. Either that or have a really special movie script come to you. You usually have a very short amount of time after that show ends to do something else notable and if you don’t it’s a wrap.There are plenty of actors/actresses who continued to have great careers after starring in prestige dramas. Aaron Paul is just trash, breh.
Even Brian gets roles but he’s likely always just gonna be Walter White. TV roles just have that stigma for most actors.
Cranston was nominated for a Best Actor award a couple years ago. I agree with your overall sentiment though, but it kind of affirms my point about Aaron Paul's ability as an actor. You have to be a special talent to transition from the role that made you famous into other significant roles, TV or film. McNulty from The Wire was able to turn that into a starring role on The Affair. Matter of fact, multiple The Wire alum, outside of Idris, have gone on to have significant roles on popular shows. Carcetti became Littlefinger on Game of Thrones. D'Angelo and Cutty were on The Walking Dead. Alexander Skarsgård could have easily been typecast after his role on True Blood but he transitioned from that into an Emmy Award winning role on Big Little Lies. Of course Bryan Cranston will always be Walter White to most people, it was an iconic role. Keifer Sutherland will always be Jack Bauer despite having a healthy career post 24. Having an iconic role that people instinctively remember you for is not a bad thing. That being the only thing you can hang your hat on is a bad thing. Hopefully Aaron Paul can change that with a great performance on Westworld
Keifer Sutherland was known before 24 though. Also most people wanna transition to film roles after TV and not just another TV role.Cranston was nominated for a Best Actor award a couple years ago. I agree with your overall sentiment though, but it kind of affirms my point about Aaron Paul's ability as an actor. You have to be a special talent to transition from the role that made you famous into other significant roles, TV or film. McNulty from The Wire was able to turn that into a starring role on The Affair. Matter of fact, multiple The Wire alum, outside of Idris, have gone on to have significant roles on popular shows. Carcetti became Littlefinger on Game of Thrones. D'Angelo and Cutty were on The Walking Dead. Alexander Skarsgård could have easily been typecast after his role on True Blood but he transitioned from that into an Emmy Award winning role on Big Little Lies. Of course Bryan Cranston will always be Walter White to most people, it was an iconic role. Keifer Sutherland will always be Jack Bauer despite having a healthy career post 24. Having an iconic role that people instinctively remember you for is not a bad thing. That being the only thing you can hang your hat on is a bad thing. Hopefully Aaron Paul can change that with a great performance on Westworld
Cranston is a special talent. It sucks that Walter White overshadows his abilities but that’s in part due to his abilities. Not everyone can be Steve Carell though and blow up huge off a TV show.
TV has surpassed film, at this point, as a viable way to show your acting chops but to also make money. When Nicole Kidman is dedicated to a TV role, you know Hollywood is putting respect on TV's name. Don't even get me started on the streaming revolution. Film doesn't hold the same prestige over certain formats that it once did. A good number of actors/actresses have blown up off of TV and transitioned to box office names, doe. Chris Pratt is one example
Robert Downey Jr made $75 million off a film role. Try doing that on a TV series. The goal is to get into movies and get big bucks.
MenacingMonk
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Bryan Cranston is a great actor. He should be getting more movie roles.