Bryan Cranston He appeared as the more successful business colleague of Greg Kinnear's character in the film "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006). In September 2008, Cranston narrated a pre-teen adventure/fantasy audiobook called "Adventures with Kazmir the Flying Camel". From 2008 to 2013, Cranston starred in the AMC series "Breaking Bad", created by Vince Gilligan, in which he played Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Walter teams up with former student Jesse Pinkman (played by Aaron Paul), to manufacture and sell methamphetamine to ensure the well-being of Walter's family after he dies. Cranston's work on the
Breaking Bad revealed that AMC and Sony were interested in a spin-off series that would focus on Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), with Gilligan and series writer Peter Gould developing the project. In September 2013, AMC and Sony Pictures Television officially ordered "Better Call Saul", set as a prequel to "Breaking Bad". The series focuses on Saul's life 6 years before he became Walter's lawyer, and premiered on February 8, 2015. From August 11, 2013, to September 29, 2013, eight episodes of the live talk show, "Talking Bad", aired on AMC, following "Breaking Bad". The host, Chris Hardwick, and guests – who included