Bryan Cranston Talks Godzilla-Sized Misstep
Actor Bryan Cranston recently appeared on The Nerdist Podcast to talk about his role in last year’s Godzilla movie and some of the mistakes that were made, especially pertaining to his character.
“That character dying at that time was a mistake,” Cranston told The Nerdist. “I knew it when I read it. When I read it I said, ‘Oh, page 50 this character who was the emotional core at the center, that was guiding the audience in the story up to that point – he dies?’ What a waste.”
“They kind of dealt with it poorly; that’s my only criticism of it because I think it was a fun movie, it was a very successful movie. I told them that even if I wasn’t doing this role, that character shouldn’t die at that point. It’s just bad narrative, but they were too far down the road. I was the last guy hired because I was still shooting ‘Breaking Bad’ and they kept pushing because ‘Breaking Bad’ kept pushing. Finally, I was able to get in and do it.”
Cranston continues, “That character should have been with his son and they would’ve started to bond a little bit more and they went on this journey together to go back home and be reintroduced to his grandson. Just when they’re bonding and it looks like they could have a relationship, the father sacrifices himself to save his son. And that’s the way he should have died.”
Really can’t argue with him there. Taking out the best actor in the movie? Not a great idea at all.
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