Why Bryan Cranston Hates The Idea of a Breaking Bad Movie (And He’s Goddamn Right)

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Could Breaking Bad have been a success if it had existed as a movie? Bryan Cranston doesn’t think so. In an interview with The Ringer, the Emmy winner, notable for playing one of the best characters on the small screen, stressed that BB would’ve been a bad movie, as a lot of the material would have had to be trimmed to fit it in a movie.

It’s just such gripping drama. What’s more important is that it comes at the right time. I always say that ‘Breaking Bad’ was the perfect television show because it would’ve made a terrible movie, right?

You’d have to compress and truncate and skip over and extract a tremendous amount of material, of growth and development, and the downward spiral of this man, and the disintegration of his soul. All that would’ve been lost, because you’ve gotta get on with it.

Cranston isn’t wrong, as a lot of the elements that made BB stand out in the realm of prestige shows would’ve been lost in the realm of movies, which depend on limited timeframes as opposed to TV shows.

Breaking Bad Would’ve Lost its Punch in a Movie

While a movie might’ve captured the more spectacular moments, whether it’s Gus’ death or Walter building a machine gun to take out the neo-nazis, much of BB, like most great shows, takes its time to build its characters. Walt doesn’t become a full-blown drug lord at the end of the pilot.

Instead, throughout the first two seasons, we see him contemplating his decisions and even deluding himself, thinking that he’s doing it for the family.

The journey from Walt hesistantly killing Krazy-8 in season 1 to ordering a hit on 10 men in prison is too big and nuanced to be captured in a movie’s length. And considering BB is notable for its lack of fillers, something that can’t be said for AMC’s other major IPs, trimming it would’ve axed it of its many strengths and character growth.

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Like Walt, the rest of BB‘s impeccable cast benefits from the medium, and the same is the case for Better Call Saul, another brilliant TV show that wouldn’t have worked nearly as well as a movie.

Why El Camino Was A Better Fit for a Movie Than Better Call Saul

Let’s come to a Breaking Bad IP that did get the movie treatment, El Camino. The story, which sees the aftermath of Jesse in the wake of his freedom in the BB finale, didn’t need the medium of a series to justify its existence.

Unlike BCS, which, like its parent show, delves into Jimmy’s transformation from a sleazy lawyer into a full-fledged criminal, El Camino works as an epilogue to an already existing story from BB. In its 122-minute runtime, the movie manages to give Jesse a satisfying conclusion while tying up other potential loose ends.

While they definitely could’ve stretched Jesse’s story to several episodes to account for a mini-series, Vince Gilligan, like always, preferred telling a satisfying story in the medium it suited the most. And like its predecessor, the feature-length outing opened to critical acclaim.

Would you’ve preferred BB as a movie? Comment below!

Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and El Camino are available to stream on Netflix (USA).

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