Bryan Cranston would reprise his Breaking Bad role as Walter White ‘in a second’ on Better Call Saul

Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston is down to play Walter White again.

The Emmy winner was asked whether he would ever reprise his role as the cancer-riddled-chemistry-teacher-turned-drug-kingpin and didn’t miss a beat responding he would ‘do it in a second’ in an interview with Collider.

And, it wouldn’t take a big network reboot in order to get it done since Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad’s critically acclaimed prequel series, is heading into season six.

‘I would be in it if Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, who are co-executive producers on [Better Call Saul], wanted me to be in it. I would do it in a second,’ Cranston said. 

Adding: ‘But it hasn’t happened yet, I can tell you, and we’ll see. I don’t know. There’s one more season to go and we’ll see what happens!’ 

Vince Gilligan is also te creator Breaking Bad which ran for five seasons from 2008-2013 and won 12 Prime Time Emmy Awards during its tenure.

He and Gould have been trying to get Cranston apart of the prequel for a sometime, but behind the camera. 

‘I have been asked to direct an episode every single season and it just didn’t work out because of a commitment to doing a play or doing a movie or something, so I wasn’t able to section out the times available,’ Cranston explained. ‘But I do love the show. I think it’s a fantastic show.’ 

Better Call Saul debuted in 2015 as a prequel spin-off centered on Breaking Bad’s affable but unethical criminal defense attorney Saul Goodman. 

The series is set in the early 2000s in Albuquerque, New Mexico (as is Breaking Bad) and follows lowly lawyer Jimmy McGill, played by Bon Odenkirk, who eventually becomes Saul Goodman.

This year Better Call Saul nabbed five Emmy nominations thought many felt that Odenkirk and costar Rhea Seehorn were snubbed from the acting categories. 

Saul isn’t the only character from Breaking Bad whose early years are chronicled in the prequel, Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) and Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) play a large role in the series. 

And, other Bad characters like the Salamanca’s, DEA agent Hank Schrader and fan favorite Huell Babineaux are among the dozen or so who appear in Better Call Saul. 

A Walter White character, prior to getting into the meth game, would be the icing on the cake for fans who’ve been able to somewhat satiate their cravings since the series ended.

Along with Better Caul Saul, Netflix released El Camino, a sequel film to the series starring Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman) in 2019.

Meanwhile, Cranston busy doing digital press for his upcoming Disney+ project, The One and Only Ivan.

He also recently revealed that he had recovered from COVID-19 and was donating his blood plasma to help researchers find a cure or vaccine.