10 Ways Breaking Bad Was Almost Completely Different
7. Walts Journey Was Almost Very Different
Whereas Aaron Paul doesnt have the WGA strike to thank for his continued presence, we all owe the picketers a collective debt of gratitude for inadvertently curtailing the first season of Breaking Bad and giving the shows scribes an unexpected but hugely beneficial hiatus. The most famous quote about the shows origins is Vince Gilligans oft-repeated pitch of a story about a man who transforms himself from Mr Chips into Scarface. Taking an ordinary high school teacher and turning him into an empire-helming drug lord was always going to be a significant undertaking, and in the cut-throat world of TV ratings there was never any guarantee that Breaking Bad would even be picked up for a second season, never mind make it to five. As such, Gilligan originally planned to accelerate Walts turn to the dark side in a couple of Season 1 episodes that never were, in order to improve the chances of continuing his story. He has since said, my good fortune was that I didnt have the opportunity to go with my first instincts and throw the kitchen sink plot-wise into our first season, but it was really the good fortune of the shows fans, many of whom might never have started watching in the first place were it not for the writers strike.
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