“I would slice him up”: Bryan Cranston Almost Ended up in Jail Before Breaking Bad for Heinous Remarks about Dead Co-worker, Cops Thought He Killed Him

Bryan Cranston was a murder suspect and had a run-in with the authorities long before he joined Breaking Bad!

"I would slice him up": Bryan Cranston Almost Ended up in Jail Before Breaking Bad for Heinous Remarks about Dead Co-worker, Cops Thought He Killed Him

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  • Bryan Cranston portrayed the iconic role of Walter White in the AMC drama series Breaking Bad.
  • Before joining the iconic series, however, Bryan Cranston revealed that he already had a run-in with the authorities!
  • The actor was once a suspect in a murder case but the authorities quickly figured out that Cranston had nothing to do with it.
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Bryan Cranston is the actor known for portraying the iconic role of Walter White in the classic AMC drama series Breaking Bad. Starring alongside Aaron Paul, Giancarlo Esposito, and a plethora of notable actors, Cranston has found quite the worldwide fame.

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Although it was just acting, it seems that Bryan Cranston has been involved with the authorities before and the case was quite sensitive. With meaningless words, Cranston had some remarks about his co-worker who actually turned up dead the next day and Cranston was the suspect!

Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad
Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad

Bryan Cranston Almost Went To Jail For Murder!

Picking up bikes, Cranston and his brother Kyle Cranston took off on the road for a ride. During their trip, the brothers would often pick up some odd jobs to get by. The brothers got a job in a Polynesian restaurant by the name of Hawaiian Inn in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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Bryan Cranston in Wes Anderson's Asteroid City
Bryan Cranston in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City

In an interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonCranston narrated an unbelievable tale of coincidence, fate, and becoming a suspect for murder! After getting the job at Hawaiian Inn, the brothers realized that the chef of the hotel was terrible.

“Peter was a good chef and a horrible person. He was the first person who I ever met who I just realised ‘oh my god I hate this guy’. I don’t think I’ve ever hated someone before. “He was not a nice guy, he was miserable and mean and he would just shout and yell at you.”

He further continued,

“I just said I’m just thinking that I would slice him up, not dice him up, I’d slice him, nice tender slices, something like that [as a joke]”

What follows is an actual account of the events that took place. Bryan Cranston’s boss Peter Wong actually turned up dead soon after. When the police arrived, the brothers were already on their bikes on the road to look for another place!

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Bryan Cranston Became A Murder Suspect!

Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad

The murder of Peter Wong occurred right at the time when the brothers left on their bikes. This seemed more like running away from a crime to the authorities and the timeline matched perfectly. Cranston continued:

“The season comes to an end, my brother and I hop on our motorcycles and we take off again and go up north and policemen come into the Hawaiian Inn and gather everybody who’s left of the staff and they say ‘we’d like to ask you about peter Wong’ Everybody’s wondering what’s going on and they said ‘anybody ever talk about hurting or killing Peter Wong?’ And all the waiters are like, ‘well yeah, all of us'”

When the Cranston brothers’ road trip fit the timeline, the police set out an ABP on their motorcycles in hopes of catching them. Luckily for Bryan Cranston, the police quickly figured out that they had nothing to do with it and it was just a matter of bad timing.

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Written by Visarg Acharya

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Visarg Acharya, Associate Content Writer, has been heavily involved in movies, series, and history. Having an experience of 2 years in the field of content writing, Visarg is a seasoned writer. Having a degree in Physics, Visarg Acharya has published a dissertation alongside a plethora of poems and short stories along the way.