El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie premiered on Netflix this past weekend and Breaking Bad fans could not get enough of it. Aaron Paul, who plays Jesse Pinkman, recently discussed the hardest Breaking Bad scene he had to recreate for the film and why it was an emotional moment. (Editor’s note: Spoilers ahead!)
During the Breaking Bad finale, Jesse Pinkman flees from a compound and is last seen driving away in a car, crying and in shock from the near-fatal fight he was involved in.
“That was a really hard scene for me to do at end of Breaking Bad. I didn’t really know how I was going to play it. I just knew where he was at,” Paul told IndieWire. “I think we only did that maybe one or two takes. And then they’re like, ‘I think that’s it.’”
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie was a different case though: it took Paul some extra time to recreate that intense scene for the movie and to set it up in a way that continued Jesse’s story.
“The opening scene, the screaming, the escape, redoing that in a bit of a different way, we spend a lot more time on that than I thought we were going to. Playing that came off of excitement, fear, anger, all of the above. Everything just pouring out of him,” Paul explained. “Especially after reading this script and really getting a more detailed look at what went on when he was being held in that cage, you see that he’s been an abused, tortured animal.”
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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie follows Jesse’s next chapter, as he evades the cops and seeks help from friends to start a new life…and as the trailer showed, he’s “ready” for what’s around the corner. With some closure, fans may have answers on Jesse’s purpose and what he’s up against next.
“We’re dealing with Vince here and so he’s not going to tell a story that doesn’t need to be told. From the very beginning, he said, ‘Look, this is the idea I’m having. I don’t want to do this movie unless it’s perfect, but I want to, [and] I want to make sure that you’re on board before I dive in and really write this script.’ Of course, that was an enthusiastic yes,” Paul added. “I trust him so much and I know he’s not gonna steer anyone in the wrong direction.”
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is now streaming on Netflix.
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