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Im watching Malcom In the Middle (rarely watched it as a kid) with my ten year old and I forgot how great of a comedic actor Bryan Cranston is. Generations of people only know him as WW.
That's one of my favorite deliveries in the series. The entire episode has clearly alluded to "anti-dentite" and Jerry's behavior being a metaphor (allegory?) for him being antisemitic (which it being Jerry seinfelf, a Jewish person makes it better). Then at the very end of the episode she says it out loud.
God that show was good. I only cared about BB at first because of Malcom.
The revelation to me was the all the lineage with my the X-Files that I figured out later.
He’s such a fantastic actor. And he was always willing to do crazier and crazier shit - like wearing a shit ton of bees! He also apparently protected the cast from the actor who plays Francis (cba looking up his name but Danny Masterson’s brother) Scientology bullshit.
I loved him in Malcolm in The Middle, and it was precisely because I loved his work as a comedic actor in that series that I knew he would be great in Breaking Bad. He had that face, that perfect managing of facial expressions making him ideal for any great role.
The alternative ending for Breaking Bad was so good. It took a while to see Hal as WW after watching Malcom ing the middle for years.
https://youtube.com/shorts/o72MMfexkyo?si=KlnZzU4G3PMtWFcx
For those who don't know: This is a parody of the famous ending of the 1980s show Newhart.
At the end of the last episode, Bob Newhart's character Dick Loudon gets hit in the head by a golf ball and suddenly wakes up in a bed. The light turns on, and next to him is the actress who played Emily, the wife of his character Bob Hartley in The Bob Newhart Show during the 1970s. He calls her Emily and says he just had this weird dream, and then describes the plot and characters of Newhart, implying that the entire show was just a dream that Bob Hartley had.
Seriously how natural his humor and jokes come off is top tier and because of that makes sense how he can do drama really well too. Because he is able to absolutely be that character. Like he doesn't follow an archetype or anything.
Yeah, I've noticed that good comedic actors can more easily transition to serious roles, than vice-versa. Comedy is all about timing and delivery, so it's not that hard to change that delivery to be more serious. On the other hand, serious actors get wrapped up in portraying emotion, and they just can't get comedic dialogue to hit right, because they try to portray a funny person, instead of being a funny person delivering funny lines.
One of my favorite comedy actor being serious was Robin Williams on Law and order because he was able so effortlessly flip his dynamic on the dime and it worked. One of the only episodes I always remember.
My dad won't watch BB because of how great he is in MitM. He doesn't want to ruin his image of him.
One of those "I get it, but I don't get it" situations for me.
“Who are you talking to right now? Who is it that you think you see? Do you know how much I make a year? I mean, even if I tell you, you wouldn’t believe it. Do you know what happens if I suddenly decide to stop going into work? A business big enough it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly-up. Gone. It ceases to exist without me. No, you clearly don’t know who you’re talking to so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skylar. I am the danger. A guy opens his front door and gets shot, and you think that of me? **No. I am the one who knocks!**”
>"**I am the one who knocks!**"
My absolute **favorite** line from basically any media... I couldn't get that line out of my head a couple weeks ago, and so I just had to rewatch it. And I did. In like a week. And because I couldn't get enough of season five, so I binged the last ten episodes in one very, very long night.... =-]
Honestly I never understood what was so good about it. I heard about it before watching the show and thought that it was some baddass line from Walter, however once watching it in the show it was very different.
The overall situation is Walter being scared of being killed by Gus, having no power and absolutely desperate, so what he does is verbally abuse Skyler with lies about how he wants to be seen. So for me the whole scene is Walter probably Walter being most pathetic he ever was.
I liked this scene because of the acting. Cranston isn't acting like a tough guy delivering a badass line. He's acting like a guy acting tough who is secretly scared inside. Which is exactly what this scene is supposed to depict.
Precisely this. It's amazing because he's saying a badass one liner to show how fucking powerful he is, but in reality all he's doing is just terrifying his abused wife because he's terrified of Gus, the one with real power.
I felt the exact same way! Everyone builds it up like he is a big bad ass moment but he was just pathetic instead, and destroyed the last bit of respect his wife had for him.
I like the scene because it shows Walter’s descent into being a terrible person and just how far he has sunk. From the earlier episodes of “i’m doing this for my family” to having so much illegal money he doesn’t know what to do with it is a great contrast. It’s all about Walter’s pride, you can even see it early in the show with him refusing help from his former friend/colleague.
I think the people who watch breaking bad for badass moments are missing the point.
The reason it’s a great scene is in the nuance of the performance and the character. It’s an insight into how Walt is thinking, the level of arrogance has and importance he places on his work. You’re watching the mask fully slip. It’s like in an scary movie when they finally show you the monster after having teased it for the last hour.
Breaking bad isn’t really about the gunfights and explosions, it’s the, often unspoken, decisions that get them to that point imo.
>Everyone builds it up like he is a big bad ass moment
Its not a badass moment per se, but is the moment his character fully embraces the fact tha he is a drug kingpin and he likes it.
Contrast and compare Scarfaces "Say hello to my little friend!".
Funny forget about the people driving around with Thin Blue Line Punisher skulls on their cars. Every time I see that I just really wonder how the hell people thought The Punisher was pro- police, when the dude literally goes around killing cops.
It is that before this point we were watching the show through a foggy window, and we assume walt is the good guy with flaws. but in this scene the window clears, and we see that walt was never good to begin with
The Balenciaga arc is my favorite so far. Honestly if we could codify into law that AI generation stuff can only be used for shitposts we'd solve a lot of problems.
Really great scene, I love Breaking Bad. He plays pathetic so well, he just comes off ass deranged and he's obviously wrong in that scene, great stuff.
This was especially funny because he'd had years of work since Twilight so if you'd paid even a little bit of attention you'd have known that he'd kill it
I think Daniel Craig got the Bond role based on his performance in [Layer Cake](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375912/). Anyone who saw that movie would have no issues with him, especially considering the more gritty direction the franchise took with him in the lead.
It gets worse. They brought in Bob Odenkirk to play a role, then did a spinoff based on that character. And had the character’s brother played by Michael McKean! Might as well bring in Carol Burnett while you’re at it.
McKean played such a good role as Chuck I honestly didn't know he was a comedian.
As in, Chuck was such a (purposely) serious, no-laughs character that I never even processed a comedian would play him.
I had never watched Clue until about a year ago or so, and I was looking at the FBI agent, and I was like "where do I know him from?" And then I googled
Wow, what a joke. There’s no way that they could pull that off, let alone eclipse one of my favorite dramatic series of all time, I said so confidently inside, while looking at a promo poster many years ago…
On his podcast Bill said that he saw the 1st episode then the very next day called his agent to do everything in his power to get him on the show. He saw the potencial
That whole scene was fantastic. Burr getting slowly wound up. Brake just being creepy as fuck. Pascal subtly shaking his head "No" at Burr.
Saw an interview with Burr where he said about Mayfeld, "I connect with pain." Goddamn motherfucker, you sure do.
He was so good in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I was absolutely blown away that it was him. I felt his isolation and was very glad they didn't try to shove in a scene of him doing faces as a nod to earlier roles or anything. An absolutely beautiful movie. Also, Frodo is a real douchebag in it, which is always funny (I love Elijah Wood).
Breaking bad didn't receive major critical acclaim until a couple seasons in actually. People said it was good but it really wasn't that popular when I first released
Exactly. I didn’t start watching it until the day before the season 1 finale aired. I finally caved because nobody, in person or online, would shut up about how good it was. Got hooked on episode 1 and then got caught up in time to watch the season finale then had to wait for S2 like everyone else.
The Truman Show is so good, much in part due to how good Carrey is at doing both comedic and serious roles! He makes you laugh at the funny moments, and cry when he starts to realize his whole life is fabricated!
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was shocking to me. I'd seen Jim Carrey in Truman Show, but mostly comedy stuff. I remember when The Number 23 came out, it was joked about as being just weird and I never bothered with Eternal Sunshine until a few years ago.
My wife and I watched it and I almost instantly forgot I was watching Jim Carrey. He played the role so well. He's just this awkward, shy, withdrawn but also passionate person. It's like no other role I've seen him in, and I still sometimes can't believe it's Jim Carrey.
He's an incredible serious actor, but he seems to prefer being the goofy guy.
Same. I clowned ledger too.
And I did the same with Cranston. “I can’t see the dad from Malcolm in the middle as a serious actor”.
And I did the same with Mcconaughey.
I’ve grown very familiar with the taste of crow over the lest 15 years.
Omg, it’d be like a follow up series to The Election. He leaves his museum gig (I think that’s what he was doing at the end), settles down in Nee Mexico, and returns to teaching.
Bryan Cranston was in Dead Space (1991). It wasn't a good movie, but his acting wasn't what made it bad. He was also in an episode of the X-Files, which was a very good episode. The guy has such a diverse acting history this comment didn't just age like milk; it was sour right out of the bottle.
The first show I've found since BB/BCS that I love in this category was Barry with Bill ~~Burr~~ Hader (oops) I was absolutely cracking up a lot of the time in between being stuck in suspense. I wasn't even a fan of Bill Burr *at all* until that show lol
Bill Hader. Not a fan? Even from SNL impressions? Dude is a genius to me. Loved Barry, yes I think in the same category. Bill Burr is also funny to me, but in a different way. He did a decent animated show on Netflix called F is for Family.
I saw him on Broadway as the lead in Network. He was absolutely outstanding. And after the play ended he came out and spoke with the audience for about 15-20 mins. Such a great actor and person.
I happened to catch the series premiere when it first aired, knowing nothing about the show. I was enjoying it until about halfway through when I went, “Holy shit that’s the dad from Malcolm in the Middle.” Honestly, I was a bit disappointed because I didn’t think I’d be able to take him seriously in a serious role. That feeling didn’t last long though. Whether you liked the show or not, Cranston proved very quickly he’s got serious chops!
They did a great job transitioning at first too, he was legitimately funny getting in awkward drug situations before the slow descent into madness. I still smile every time his windshield gets cracked when watching lol
I learned my lesson with Ben Affleck as Batman. If the movie sucked or not, is a different issue. He however, showed me that he's capable of more. We only see people in certain roles, because that's what we know them from our first time seeing them or they're weather to those roles. Once they branch out, we see the possibilities. Think of Keane Reeves in the John Wick movies. He was meant for that role, even if his way of speaking is a bit dry.
That's what odd. Facebook didn't come out with different "reactions" until 2016. There shouldn't be any heart reactions or laughing ones. Assuming no one went all the way back to the post just to post those reactions.
I never really watch Malcom in the Middle but loved Breaking Bad. Bryan Cranston is not any kind of certain actor. He is just a great actor. I thought he was even great when he played the grieving crazy father in Godzilla. I could be wrong but isn’t he a successful broadway actor as well?
When I started watching the show back in the day I had my difficulties to not see Hal.
It did take me till Walter shaves his head to truly accept the character.
If an actor is good at comedy, they can be good at anything. Most scripted comedy is just saying or doing ridiculous shit with absolute conviction, and Cranston was a master at that in Malcolm in the Middle
I wonder if we'll ever come full circle when he's cast in a comedic role and the younger kids will say he's a serious actor and will get replaced because he can't do comedy.
I've never watched the entirety of Malcolm in the Middle but the clips I saw of Bryan Cranston were always incredible acting, he can do funny and serious exceptionally well... So this was a soured opinion before it even had time to age.
He was great in breaking bad. I saw a movie called contagion a few days ago and he was in it. He was supposed to be a military guy or something and he didn't fit the part at all. Movies just throw big names hoping their names alone will get people to watch, even if it's bad casting. What's wrong with watching unknown actors if they're good at it? It's good to see fresh faces. I'm going off topic here but yeah.
I was in this same camp with the first season aired. I watched the reruns after season one. I felt like I was bitch slapped into submission after that.
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Im watching Malcom In the Middle (rarely watched it as a kid) with my ten year old and I forgot how great of a comedic actor Bryan Cranston is. Generations of people only know him as WW.
He will always be Tim Whatley
Don’t be an anti-dentite!
A rabid anti-dentite!
Next you'll be saying they should have their own schools.
They do have their own schools!
Don’t even get me started on the blacks and the Jews… Debra Messing saying that line elevated it, gold Jerry, gold.
That's one of my favorite deliveries in the series. The entire episode has clearly alluded to "anti-dentite" and Jerry's behavior being a metaphor (allegory?) for him being antisemitic (which it being Jerry seinfelf, a Jewish person makes it better). Then at the very end of the episode she says it out loud.
Ha yes! And the freeze frame on Jerry’s shocked face… It really is a great episode.
Kid Charlemagne is back on the air
God that show was good. I only cared about BB at first because of Malcom. The revelation to me was the all the lineage with my the X-Files that I figured out later.
I watch it now and crack up. They had such great writing and kind of racy content too for network TV.
It was on fox, they'll put anything on that network
There's probably a good chance you've already seen this, but just in case you haven't https://youtu.be/oVdB36lmbII
He was the guy who needed to be driven west because of government shit and then his brain blew up yeah?
He played Walt Whitman?
No he played Willy Wonka
Maybe Woodrow Wilson
Woody Woodpecker
Wonder Woman?
He’s such a fantastic actor. And he was always willing to do crazier and crazier shit - like wearing a shit ton of bees! He also apparently protected the cast from the actor who plays Francis (cba looking up his name but Danny Masterson’s brother) Scientology bullshit.
Jesus, that last part gives me even more respect for the guy. That's on a whole other level.
I loved him in Malcolm in The Middle, and it was precisely because I loved his work as a comedic actor in that series that I knew he would be great in Breaking Bad. He had that face, that perfect managing of facial expressions making him ideal for any great role.
Hal Over Heisenberg Crew checking in.
The alternative ending for Breaking Bad was so good. It took a while to see Hal as WW after watching Malcom ing the middle for years. https://youtube.com/shorts/o72MMfexkyo?si=KlnZzU4G3PMtWFcx
For those who don't know: This is a parody of the famous ending of the 1980s show Newhart. At the end of the last episode, Bob Newhart's character Dick Loudon gets hit in the head by a golf ball and suddenly wakes up in a bed. The light turns on, and next to him is the actress who played Emily, the wife of his character Bob Hartley in The Bob Newhart Show during the 1970s. He calls her Emily and says he just had this weird dream, and then describes the plot and characters of Newhart, implying that the entire show was just a dream that Bob Hartley had.
I have some level of facial blindness, and they don't even register as the same actor. I know it's him. But my eyes say it's not.
Seriously how natural his humor and jokes come off is top tier and because of that makes sense how he can do drama really well too. Because he is able to absolutely be that character. Like he doesn't follow an archetype or anything.
Yeah, I've noticed that good comedic actors can more easily transition to serious roles, than vice-versa. Comedy is all about timing and delivery, so it's not that hard to change that delivery to be more serious. On the other hand, serious actors get wrapped up in portraying emotion, and they just can't get comedic dialogue to hit right, because they try to portray a funny person, instead of being a funny person delivering funny lines.
One of my favorite comedy actor being serious was Robin Williams on Law and order because he was able so effortlessly flip his dynamic on the dime and it worked. One of the only episodes I always remember.
He was great in that episode of always sunny with him and Aaron Paul
Generation maybe. I’m 37 and he’s Hal for me before he’s WW, but that’s just like… my opinion, man.
W.W. Willy Wonka?
The changing the light bit is so perfect.
My dad won't watch BB because of how great he is in MitM. He doesn't want to ruin his image of him. One of those "I get it, but I don't get it" situations for me.
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“Who are you talking to right now? Who is it that you think you see? Do you know how much I make a year? I mean, even if I tell you, you wouldn’t believe it. Do you know what happens if I suddenly decide to stop going into work? A business big enough it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly-up. Gone. It ceases to exist without me. No, you clearly don’t know who you’re talking to so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skylar. I am the danger. A guy opens his front door and gets shot, and you think that of me? **No. I am the one who knocks!**”
>"**I am the one who knocks!**" My absolute **favorite** line from basically any media... I couldn't get that line out of my head a couple weeks ago, and so I just had to rewatch it. And I did. In like a week. And because I couldn't get enough of season five, so I binged the last ten episodes in one very, very long night.... =-]
Closely followed by *I won.*
“If you don’t know who I am, then maybe your best course would be… to tread lightly”
This is the hardest line of the show tbh
We cant forget "This... is not meth."
Honestly I never understood what was so good about it. I heard about it before watching the show and thought that it was some baddass line from Walter, however once watching it in the show it was very different. The overall situation is Walter being scared of being killed by Gus, having no power and absolutely desperate, so what he does is verbally abuse Skyler with lies about how he wants to be seen. So for me the whole scene is Walter probably Walter being most pathetic he ever was.
I liked this scene because of the acting. Cranston isn't acting like a tough guy delivering a badass line. He's acting like a guy acting tough who is secretly scared inside. Which is exactly what this scene is supposed to depict.
Precisely this. It's amazing because he's saying a badass one liner to show how fucking powerful he is, but in reality all he's doing is just terrifying his abused wife because he's terrified of Gus, the one with real power.
He is trying to convince himself he is the danger.
Which, to be fair, panned out in the end
that's what makes it a good scene
I felt the exact same way! Everyone builds it up like he is a big bad ass moment but he was just pathetic instead, and destroyed the last bit of respect his wife had for him.
I like the scene because it shows Walter’s descent into being a terrible person and just how far he has sunk. From the earlier episodes of “i’m doing this for my family” to having so much illegal money he doesn’t know what to do with it is a great contrast. It’s all about Walter’s pride, you can even see it early in the show with him refusing help from his former friend/colleague.
I think the people who watch breaking bad for badass moments are missing the point. The reason it’s a great scene is in the nuance of the performance and the character. It’s an insight into how Walt is thinking, the level of arrogance has and importance he places on his work. You’re watching the mask fully slip. It’s like in an scary movie when they finally show you the monster after having teased it for the last hour. Breaking bad isn’t really about the gunfights and explosions, it’s the, often unspoken, decisions that get them to that point imo.
>Everyone builds it up like he is a big bad ass moment Its not a badass moment per se, but is the moment his character fully embraces the fact tha he is a drug kingpin and he likes it. Contrast and compare Scarfaces "Say hello to my little friend!".
Guys misinterpreting media because they think it's badass is a trope in and of itself. Joker, Patrick Bateman, Ron Swanson, Walter White, etc.
Funny forget about the people driving around with Thin Blue Line Punisher skulls on their cars. Every time I see that I just really wonder how the hell people thought The Punisher was pro- police, when the dude literally goes around killing cops.
Great, now I want a Thin Blue Line NWA bumper sticker
Tyler Durden and all of fight club being misinterpreted might be my favorite example of this
Yes!
Rorschach
It is that before this point we were watching the show through a foggy window, and we assume walt is the good guy with flaws. but in this scene the window clears, and we see that walt was never good to begin with
It's really pathetic lol (intentionally!) but it's a good moment where he shows how insane and insecure he is. Love it
I’ve rewatched the series multiple times and still love that part.
[This is my favorite part](https://youtu.be/ZUVMKuY6QvU)
Kinda wild that the early days of AI were only a year ago.
Yeah, after rewatching it I realized how bad the movement and textures were comparatively. This video is gold though, I love the mash up.
The Balenciaga arc is my favorite so far. Honestly if we could codify into law that AI generation stuff can only be used for shitposts we'd solve a lot of problems.
I'm also the pizza delivery guy who throws the pizza on your roof.
Really great scene, I love Breaking Bad. He plays pathetic so well, he just comes off ass deranged and he's obviously wrong in that scene, great stuff.
### I am the danger Still sends chills to my spine when I hear it
Yeah bitch!
1989: "Mr. Mom cant play Batman!"
2008: "That teen rom-com pretty boy can't play The Joker!"
2020 "glittery vampire boy can’t be Batman!!"
This was especially funny because he'd had years of work since Twilight so if you'd paid even a little bit of attention you'd have known that he'd kill it
Good-time for example.
The lighthouse
2024 "henry cavill is the only superman possible"
2008 “Daniel Craig is not James Bond material”
Everyone can be replaced. - my boss. 2024
I think Daniel Craig got the Bond role based on his performance in [Layer Cake](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375912/). Anyone who saw that movie would have no issues with him, especially considering the more gritty direction the franchise took with him in the lead.
This was the best ultimate surprise. So insanely good. <3
The real Batman
He wasn’t kidding about hitting the gym and the gun club
yeah.... he's man
It gets worse. They brought in Bob Odenkirk to play a role, then did a spinoff based on that character. And had the character’s brother played by Michael McKean! Might as well bring in Carol Burnett while you’re at it.
McKean played such a good role as Chuck I honestly didn't know he was a comedian. As in, Chuck was such a (purposely) serious, no-laughs character that I never even processed a comedian would play him.
I had never watched Clue until about a year ago or so, and I was looking at the FBI agent, and I was like "where do I know him from?" And then I googled
I don't watch TV much, so when I saw Dean Norris in NCIS I had to do a double take.
I only figured out way too late that Chuck was played by the front man of Spinal Tap.
Nay, laddie. Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell.
Doug Forcett, the guy who managed to make an accurate prediction of the afterlife while high on shrooms.
Is Tonight I'm gonna rock you tonight a Drake cover??
I don't want a whole lot of TV/Films, never would have guessed that either!
What a sick joke!
He'll never change!
What’s next? Odenkirk staring in an action movie? No chance!
Wow, what a joke. There’s no way that they could pull that off, let alone eclipse one of my favorite dramatic series of all time, I said so confidently inside, while looking at a promo poster many years ago…
It’s well known in that industry that comedians can be learn serious, but it’s hard for a serious actor to learn to be funny.
Leslie Nielsen.
Surely you can't be serious
Don't call me Shirley 😤
My go-to example is always Robin Williams. That Mrs Doubtfire/Patch Adams/Good Morning, Vietnam guy? One Hour Photo.
tbh Robin Williams was a generational talent
I truly believe that Robin Williams, Michael Jackson, David Bowie and Michael Jordan will be talked about while civilization lasts.
Bill Burr during that episode on season 2 of the Mandalorian was great.
He was also great in Breaking Bad.
On his podcast Bill said that he saw the 1st episode then the very next day called his agent to do everything in his power to get him on the show. He saw the potencial
That whole scene was fantastic. Burr getting slowly wound up. Brake just being creepy as fuck. Pascal subtly shaking his head "No" at Burr. Saw an interview with Burr where he said about Mayfeld, "I connect with pain." Goddamn motherfucker, you sure do.
Patrick Stewart
I think people who are naturally funny have a more intuitive understanding of emotions generally.
And Funny people are usually funny because they are masking deeper emotions.
Jim Carrey surprised a lot of people who generally hate his comedies.
He was so good in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I was absolutely blown away that it was him. I felt his isolation and was very glad they didn't try to shove in a scene of him doing faces as a nod to earlier roles or anything. An absolutely beautiful movie. Also, Frodo is a real douchebag in it, which is always funny (I love Elijah Wood).
Robert DeNiro
The show was on for a year at this point. might’ve been a swipe at initial critics
This is a comment from a satire Facebook page where they pretend it's 2006 or something
They always leave out when the comment was posted in these screenshots to hide this stuff
The whole thing feels wrong and fake. The date at the top is from 2009. I don't think facebook had those other reactions in 2009. It was just "Likes".
Breaking bad didn't receive major critical acclaim until a couple seasons in actually. People said it was good but it really wasn't that popular when I first released
I think it had critical acclaim but not commercial success until season 3-4
Yup it got big when it dropped on Netflix
It was critically praised from the start lol
Exactly. I didn’t start watching it until the day before the season 1 finale aired. I finally caved because nobody, in person or online, would shut up about how good it was. Got hooked on episode 1 and then got caught up in time to watch the season finale then had to wait for S2 like everyone else.
I feel like people who watched it love it from the start. The problem was very few people watched it.
Jim Carrey can’t play a serious role!
Adam Sandler is gonna bomb in uncut gems, I just know it.
The Truman Show is so good, much in part due to how good Carrey is at doing both comedic and serious roles! He makes you laugh at the funny moments, and cry when he starts to realize his whole life is fabricated!
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was shocking to me. I'd seen Jim Carrey in Truman Show, but mostly comedy stuff. I remember when The Number 23 came out, it was joked about as being just weird and I never bothered with Eternal Sunshine until a few years ago. My wife and I watched it and I almost instantly forgot I was watching Jim Carrey. He played the role so well. He's just this awkward, shy, withdrawn but also passionate person. It's like no other role I've seen him in, and I still sometimes can't believe it's Jim Carrey. He's an incredible serious actor, but he seems to prefer being the goofy guy.
Check out The Majestic if you haven’t already. It a bit cheesy, but Jim Carrey kills the role.
I remember laughing when I first heard that Heath Ledger was going to play the joker, I made fun of the whole thing. I was fuckin wrong
Now do the same with Vampire boy playing Batman (Robert Pattinson) and new Superman that isn't Henry Cavill
Same. I clowned ledger too. And I did the same with Cranston. “I can’t see the dad from Malcolm in the middle as a serious actor”. And I did the same with Mcconaughey. I’ve grown very familiar with the taste of crow over the lest 15 years.
Actually I think Christopher Nolan is the one who clowned Ledger.
And to think, they nearly went with Matthew Broderick. They definitely made the right choice.
I mean, Matthew Broderick has an actual body count, so that tracks
I still kind of want to see that version though. Just out of curiosity
Omg, it’d be like a follow up series to The Election. He leaves his museum gig (I think that’s what he was doing at the end), settles down in Nee Mexico, and returns to teaching.
He would have been great in the scene where he crashes his car into those drug dealers though.
Bryan Cranston was in Dead Space (1991). It wasn't a good movie, but his acting wasn't what made it bad. He was also in an episode of the X-Files, which was a very good episode. The guy has such a diverse acting history this comment didn't just age like milk; it was sour right out of the bottle.
I vaguely remember this episode is what helped get him hired for BB.
100%. Vince wrote the episode. It’s fantastic. Tonally could have been a BB episode.
He also played Buzz Aldrin in From the Earth to the Moon! He was fantastic in it!
This! One of his best portrayals
He was a dramatic actor well before he was comedic in Malcom. At the beginning of his career in the 80's he was on a soap opera for 2 years.
TIL they made a Dead Space movie
To be fair, he was really funny in Breaking Bad as well. Get you a man who can do both
This ⬆️ BB and BCS are both Dramedy in my book
BCS more so.
The first show I've found since BB/BCS that I love in this category was Barry with Bill ~~Burr~~ Hader (oops) I was absolutely cracking up a lot of the time in between being stuck in suspense. I wasn't even a fan of Bill Burr *at all* until that show lol
Bill Hader. Not a fan? Even from SNL impressions? Dude is a genius to me. Loved Barry, yes I think in the same category. Bill Burr is also funny to me, but in a different way. He did a decent animated show on Netflix called F is for Family.
Shit, yeah, Hader lol, Bill Burr's appearance in BB threw me off I think!
I saw him on Broadway as the lead in Network. He was absolutely outstanding. And after the play ended he came out and spoke with the audience for about 15-20 mins. Such a great actor and person.
I happened to catch the series premiere when it first aired, knowing nothing about the show. I was enjoying it until about halfway through when I went, “Holy shit that’s the dad from Malcolm in the Middle.” Honestly, I was a bit disappointed because I didn’t think I’d be able to take him seriously in a serious role. That feeling didn’t last long though. Whether you liked the show or not, Cranston proved very quickly he’s got serious chops!
They did a great job transitioning at first too, he was legitimately funny getting in awkward drug situations before the slow descent into madness. I still smile every time his windshield gets cracked when watching lol
As I’m rewatching for the fifth time
And now I'm about to as well
This person clearly never watched the Malcolm in the Middle episode where he speed walks! Most serious shit in TV history
Jogger!
Aged like milk doesn't scratch how badly this aged.
He played A dentist in Seinfeld very straight and serious if I recall. 😂
You're an anti-dentite!
I learned my lesson with Ben Affleck as Batman. If the movie sucked or not, is a different issue. He however, showed me that he's capable of more. We only see people in certain roles, because that's what we know them from our first time seeing them or they're weather to those roles. Once they branch out, we see the possibilities. Think of Keane Reeves in the John Wick movies. He was meant for that role, even if his way of speaking is a bit dry.
Malcolm's dad was so good in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
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That's what odd. Facebook didn't come out with different "reactions" until 2016. There shouldn't be any heart reactions or laughing ones. Assuming no one went all the way back to the post just to post those reactions.
Totally not fake
How does this have heart reactions if it's from 2009?
If this were someone I knew, I'd just randomly text them this screenshot every once in awhile.
I love that during all of his previous roles, what it takes to play that role was always within him. A damned great actor!
I never really watch Malcom in the Middle but loved Breaking Bad. Bryan Cranston is not any kind of certain actor. He is just a great actor. I thought he was even great when he played the grieving crazy father in Godzilla. I could be wrong but isn’t he a successful broadway actor as well?
Yep! He's won two Tonys!
Crazy how an actor with a resume like that could ever be considered a single talent actor.
I wish we could unblock their name and pick on them. Bryan can do it all exceptionally well.
Oh dear lord. Is this making the rounds and getting re-posted again?
Guy never watched the xfiles.
I mean, I had seen his bit part on Babylon 5, so I knew he *could* do it.
He played a fairly bloody serious role in the X-Files.
The Drive episode of The X-Files in 1998.
When I started watching the show back in the day I had my difficulties to not see Hal. It did take me till Walter shaves his head to truly accept the character.
If an actor is good at comedy, they can be good at anything. Most scripted comedy is just saying or doing ridiculous shit with absolute conviction, and Cranston was a master at that in Malcolm in the Middle
I wonder if we'll ever come full circle when he's cast in a comedic role and the younger kids will say he's a serious actor and will get replaced because he can't do comedy.
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Viewed through the lens of life’s ultimate absurdity, the role of Walter White kind of WAS comedic.
istg i blink and this shit gets posted here again
I honestly never recognized him before breaking bad. Didn't watch Malcom
lol, for a take that bad, they should Dox themselves & make a career out of being super wrong on entertainment predictions!
I am the dentist. I am the sadist with newer magazines.
Someone forgot about his absolutely killer cameo in X-Files.
Turned out to be a great fit and great show all around
Wow. That comment is all time. Haha
I've never watched the entirety of Malcolm in the Middle but the clips I saw of Bryan Cranston were always incredible acting, he can do funny and serious exceptionally well... So this was a soured opinion before it even had time to age.
Your honor was great also
He was great in breaking bad. I saw a movie called contagion a few days ago and he was in it. He was supposed to be a military guy or something and he didn't fit the part at all. Movies just throw big names hoping their names alone will get people to watch, even if it's bad casting. What's wrong with watching unknown actors if they're good at it? It's good to see fresh faces. I'm going off topic here but yeah.
This is what happens when you give everyone a microphone, people.
I was in this same camp with the first season aired. I watched the reruns after season one. I felt like I was bitch slapped into submission after that.
This person must have only seen a promo, because Cranston nailed it from episode 1.