Judd Apatow Thought Bryan Cranston Was Too Nice To Play A Drug Dealer
On Monday Seth Rogen tweeted a bunch of reveals about the original plans for Pineapple Express to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the now-classic stoner film. Among the reveals were that Rogen and Franco switched which roles they would play, and there was a car change that was kind of funny and interesting.
But Judd Apatow jumped in with the big news– he didn’t want to cast Bryan Cranston in Pineapple Express because he thought he was “too nice” to play a hardcore drug dealer. “Bryan Cranston auditioned,” he wrote. “He may have even read at a table read and I said “I don’t think he seems scary enough to seem like a real drug dealer.” If he did PE maybe the Breaking Bad people would have said, “not him, he always plays drug dealers.”
Cranston got his revenge by becoming every Millennial’s favorite meth kingpin, Walter White.
We wrote #PineappleExpress express for me to play Saul and Franco to play Dale. James wanted to switch roles, and I didn’t care that much, so we did.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 6, 2018
In #PineappleExpress, originally, Red killed Matheson with a Ford Fiesta, but Ford didn’t want their car involved in a movie murder so we had to change it to a Daewoo Lanos, which is ultimately much funnier I think.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) August 6, 2018
I’ve got one. Bryan Cranston auditioned. He may have even read at a table read and I said “I don’t think he seems scary enough to seem like a real drug dealer.” If he did PE maybe the Breaking Bad people would have said, “not him, he always plays drug dealers.” https://t.co/YqJE1pr2QH
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) August 7, 2018
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