Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul admits that he misses playing Jesse Pinkman.
After landing the role that made his career, Aaron Paul says he is not done yet and plans on returning for the prequel, Better Call Saul.
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In a recent interview with the Guardian, Aaron Paul revealed the feeling he had when he decided to leave Idaho and become an actor in Hollywood.
He was 27 years old when he landed his biggest gig to date, playing Amanda Seyfried’s do-gooder boyfriend in HBO’s Mormon family saga, Big Love. It wasn’t a huge role, but it was significant – a step up, surely, from the bit parts and commercials he had jobbed through for 10 years, since loading up his faded gold Toyota Corolla in Boise, Idaho and driving 800 miles south to Los Angeles. But, he says, “I was the lowest I ever was. I had a breakdown, not knowing what I was going to do.” [Guardian]
Aaron Paul revealed that despite working on ‘Big Love’ as a recurring role, he barely had enough money to make it. He explained that after taxes he only made $600 and was forced to ask his family for rent money.
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Few weeks later he was able to audition for Vince Gilligan’s ‘Breaking Bad‘. “I love Jesse,” he explained. “I loved playing him, I miss him. My favourite job hands down – and I think I can speak for everyone involved – was Breaking Bad. Everyone involved, from top to bottom, we were all running to work. We couldn’t wait to get there, we were all very proud to be a part of it. It was so good.”
It is truly an amazing interview illustrating Aaron Paul’s new life after the success of ‘Breaking Bad’. Read the full interview here.
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