After seven years as the goofy dad Hal on Malcolm in the Middle, Bryan Cranston was offered more of the same — sweet, goofy dad sitcoms. He said no to all of them, deliberately stepping away from the archetype that made him bankable. That refusal directly opened the door to Walter White, one of the most transformative roles in TV history.
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