Overview
- In a new Hollywood Reporter interview, Steve Zahn said he was never on a shortlist for Breaking Bad and quipped, “I think Cranston is lying.”
- Zahn said he plans to speak with Bryan Cranston in London, where Cranston is performing in a play and Zahn is filming.
- Bryan Cranston previously told Rolling Stone in 2012 and wrote in his 2016 memoir that Zahn was in contention for Walter White.
- Cranston has recounted that AMC and Sony initially hesitated to cast him and that a competing Fox pilot offer factored into his path to the role.
- Outlets note no corroboration beyond Cranston’s accounts, with the disagreement remaining unresolved.