50 Facts About Breaking Bad: Insights and Trivia Analyzed

[00:00:00]Breaking Bad follows The Descent of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman into the criminal world the show itself was groundbreaking and received multiple Guinness World Records for being the highest rated TV show of all time today I'll be revisiting this iconic series by bringing you 50 facts you didn't know about breaking bat one during a fight scene between Jesse and Tuco Aaron Paul ended up getting knocked unconscious and actually got a concussion for which he needed medical attention two Aaron Paul has never taken any any acting classes during a redddit asked me anything he said I always just thought hey pretend like you're being someone else and that's all there is to it three due to the success of the show some drug dealers have actually started adding blue dye to their crystal meth in an effort to Brand their product four Additionally the blue crystal meth seen in the show is just raw candy five Brian Cranston knows the exact process for cooking meth because DEA chemist taught him how to cook it for some of the scenes six Vince Gilligan produced The X Files which had episodes featuring Brian Cranston Dean Norris and Aaron Paul seven John Cusack and Matthew broadrick both turned down the role of Walter White then Vince Gilligan showed AMC EXA Brian Cranston in an episode of X Files and they were sold eight MythBusters has shown that no amount of hydrop Floric acid could have ever eaten through that tub nine Aaron Paul spent hours with addicts and ex addicts when researching the role of Jesse he said it enabled him to see a very different side of people 10 there was a Spanish remake of the show called metastasis Walter White became Walter Blanco Jesse was turned into Jose and Han turned into Henry needless to say the show was terribly reviewed as they managed to cram all 62 episodes into only a time frame of 3 months 11 on the last day of shooting Brian Cranston stripped down and walked around the set nude Aaron Paul said about the situation anytime he can have the opportunity to show me his ass he does 12 Walter White's underwear sold for almost $110,000 also a copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass went for $65,500 and Hector solom Monas Bell made $19,750 13 Jane's death was foreshadowed a lot in the script you w supposed to wake up ever so sweet I think I threw up in my mouth a little bit 14 Dean Norris or Hank was offered a rooll on a comedy sitcom during the filming of the first half of Breaking Bad season 5 Norris suggested to Creator Vince Gilligan that perhaps killing Hank within the first Eight Episodes would be a great ending but Gilligan politely denied his request 15 the plane crash at the end of season 2 is very much like the 1986 citos midair Collision in fact the name of the junior Air Track traffic controller who was guiding the plane prior to the crash was also named Walter White 16 in the final episode the camera focuses on a New Hampshire license plate which is branded with the state's motto Live Free or Die not only is this the name of the season 5 premiere it also speaks to both the fate of Jesse and Walt 17 this scene is very reminiscent of an iconic moment in Quinton Tarantino's film Reservoir Dogs Walt and Jesse's positions are the same as the character in the 1992 movie and the names bear some striking similarities Steve Bush's name is Mr Pink and Reservoir Dogs and Harvey Kel's is Mr White sound familiar 18 color symbolism was present throughout all of Breaking Bad Walter White's clothes got darker throughout the seasons just like his character did in the beginning of the series he wore lighter clothes such as whites and yellows but towards the end his attire consisted of black and blues symbolizing the monster he had become 19 Breaking Bad ended up being 62 episodes for a reason on the periodic table the 62nd element is samarium which is essential in helping to treat lung cancer 20 for the season 4 finale Faceoff Vince Gilligan recruited the prosthetic effects team Behind The Walking Dead to make a model of Gustavo fring's mutilated head the model was then digitally blended with Gian Carlo's real head a process which took months 21 Walter White's house in Breaking Bad has been the real life home of a woman called France since 1973 she admits that a lot of artistic license was taken with the property's interior by the production designer and that Gilligan originally wanted to cover the pool up and she doesn't mind the hundreds of cars that slow down in front of her house every month 22 the sage NeuroScience Center in Albuquerque is using Breaking Bad to help get new Mexicans off drugs the state has the highest rate of addiction in the US by sharing the stories of addiction entrance have the chance to win one of two breaking addiction scholarships which entitled them to 12 weeks of free Rehabilitation treatment worth thousands of dollars 23 the Caston crew ended up shooting the Los poos hermano scenes in a real restaurant called Twisters the show's art Department painted the fictional logo inside the building Gilligan said I believe it stayed up there for months on end for all I know it might still be there to this day it is indeed still in place probably because Twisters has become quite the tourist attraction 24 costume designer Kathleen Doro admitted that the original reason Cranston started wearing the Heisenberg hat is because he needed to shade his bald head from the Sun 25 Raymond Cruz or Tuco was meant to be the main antagonist all the way through season 2 he met his end in season 1 because he became a regular on the closer and can no longer appear in Breaking Bad when Gilligan realized there is only one way Tuco story could go he remembered Mr Roberts the Henry Fonda movie in which Jack lemon's character is always blowing up up things on this Old Navy ship with Mercury fulminate Gilligan explains in Breaking Bad the official book that he was relieved to find out that mercury fulminate kind of sort of looked like crystal meth and with that one of the formative Heisenberg moments was created 26 last year Vince Gilligan was contacted by the parents of 16-year-old Kevin cordasco who is terminally ill with cancer and one of the biggest fans of Breaking Bad there was something about the Walter White character explained his father the way he took control of his illness in his life that really resonated with Kevin Gilligan and the cast visited Kevin at his home and in the hospital and during one of these visits he was asked by Gilligan what he felt was missing from the show he said you know what I want to know more about Gretchen and Elliott I want to know more about Walt's back story with them I want to know what happened this was how Walter's former grey matter business partners ended up with a pivotal role in the final series Gilligan even offered to tell him how the show would end Kevin declined saying he'd rather find out along with the rest of the world Kevin cordasco died soon after and the ninth episode of season 5 is dedicated to him 27 breaking bat was originally supposed to be shot in Riverside California but the location was ultimately changed to Albuquerque New Mexico that change of setting has certainly been a boom for the New Mexico tourism industry local businesses have taken advantage of the hit Show's worldwide popularity and cashed in by producing all manner of Breaking Bad related products these include blue meth candy blue meth Donuts locally brewed Heisenberg dark beer and even customade Heisenberg Pez dispensers 28 methyl Meine the chemical that led to the Train Robbery isn't really that hard to make in fact some chemists have suggested that it could be synthesized in a kitchen sink without too much difficulty but that would make for good TV 29 Jonathan Banks had a much smaller part but was given a bigger role in Mike when another actor was unavailable to work 30 Vince Gilligan didn't want to continue with break bad when he found out that the show Weeds had a similar premise he had said later if he had known earlier about the show he wouldn't have even created Breaking Bad 31 while filming a scene featuring Wendy The Prostitute filming was interrupted by a person who thought she was a real hooker and tried to pick her up 32 when Dean Norris auditioned for Breaking Bad he thought it was a comedy this led to him portraying a deeper version of the character than the writers had intended 33 a total of 269 9 people have died throughout Breaking Bad including the plane crash 34 after watching season 5 episode 14 ay mandias George R Martin called Walter White a bigger monster than anyone in Game of Thrones and vowed to do something about that in his next book 35 nearly two decades before landing the role of Walter White Brian Cranston was in the Power Rangers 36 the first 4th 10th and 13th episodes of season 2 all have black and white teaser intros and when you combine the episode titles you get 737 down over Albuquerque foreshadowing the plane crash at the end of the season 37 in a scene that Vince Gilligan called a one in a million shot Brian Cranston managed to throw the pizza onto the roof in the very first take 38 while filming the episode during which Walt kills Mike then entire crew were black armbands to Mark Jonathan bank's final episode 39 Walt junor actor RJ midy does have cerebral paly but not as severely as his character and can walk without crutches in fact he needed to learn how to walk with crutches for the show 40 Maria Stan Walt's boss at the car wash has a PHD in chemistry he decided to go into acting in his 40s with Breaking Bad being his first role 41 Walt junr is the only major character that Jesse never meets 42 as Walt drives back to New Mexico in the final episode he listens to a song called El Paso by Marty Robbins it tells of a guy who returns to the town where he is a wanted man to find the woman he loves Fela which is where the episode gets its name 43 as well as being an anagram of finale some have pointed out that Felina can be split up into f e l i n a the chemical symbols for iron lithium and sodium or in other words blood meth and tears 44 Aaron Paul and Brian Cranston got breaking bad tattoos to commemorate their time on the show Paul's tattoo says no half measures which is the name of an episode from season 3 and a reference to a moment between Walt and Mike and as you can see Cranston got a very tiny tattoo of the show's logo 45 unlike most dramas which tend to decrease in popularity as they go on Breaking Bad only got bigger through most of its run the show was bringing in a steady viewership of 1.5 million which is still pretty impressive but as it entered its last season things began to pick up the first half of season 5 saw audience numbers Jump by a million and once it entered its final run the series was easily breaking 5 million with the finale bringing in a whopping 10.28 million 46 the Breaking Bad casting team actively tried to insert comedy people into the show talking about it Gilligan said it wasn't like we Wen looking to hire comedians it's just that that I've got a theory that if you can do comedy first of all you have to be able to act and there are plenty of stand-up comedians who are not actors but if you are an actor at heart and you're also a comedian you can do drama Brian Cranston Bill Burr level Crawford and Bob Odenkirk are some of the notable comedians cast in Breaking Bad 47 Jonathan Banks was so good during his audition that the casting note read does it get any better so good 48 each episode except the pilot had 8 days of shooting the pilot had 14 and eventually was extended to 15 because Vince Gilligan got the flu 49 Saul Goodman is named after the phrase it's all Goodman 50 the very last scene shot for Breaking Bad was a flashback in the van during the opening of aussy mandas thank you so much for watching the video guys please leave a like that would be awesome and let me know in the comments what TV show you would like me to do next