Acting Spotlight: Anna Gunn in Breaking Bad | Seroword

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Breaking Bad is an acclaimed television show that ran from 2008-2013 starring Bryan Cranston as Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with lung cancer. Realizing his death would leave behind his pregnant wife and handicapped son with no finances, he teams up with a former student (Aaron Paul) to create and sell crystal meth. What begins as a secret effort to make money for his family soon turns into a descent into the drug world that affects everyone around Walter.

Effective television acting within a series is a unique, often difficult achievement for an actor. The difficultly stems from that they are dependent upon the script and are usually left unaware of the fate of their character. In an effort for a show to avoid spoilers from their cast and crew to the general public, a script is typically released days before filming, leaving the actors with only a handful of time to further develop their characters. That is the true challenge for a television actor, which is why the recent trend of big-name Hollywood actors starring in television series was short-lived. Such actors that were used to movie filming expected the script to be secondary to their own acting because Hollywood has created the illusion that acting…

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