In 1994, Bryan Cranston went method in the weirdest way possible: “That’s how I got the job”
Bryan Cranston once took an unusually literal approach to an audition, miming an act required by the role more fully than the other actors. He later said that willingness to do what the character was doing helped him win the part, illustrating how far he was prepared to go for acting work.
The audition was for a sex-obsessed doctor in the 1994 anthology film *Erotique*, which was later heavily criticised and has a 0% Rotten Tomatoes rating, according to the article. Cranston went on to appear in *The X-Files* and play Buzz Aldrin in HBO’s 1998 miniseries *From the Earth to the Moon*, before becoming widely known as Walter White in *Breaking Bad*.
- Cranston went further than fellow actors in a 1994 audition.
- He said the choice helped him land the role in *Erotique*.
- Later roles included Buzz Aldrin and Walter White.