The acclaimed actor spoke with
The AV Club to discuss the upcoming season of
Breaking Bad. During the interview he reveals that he was late because he was working on voiceover work for the new Batman animated feature. Here's what he had to say:
AVC: They told me you were running late because a voiceover session ran long. Were you busy playing James Gordon in Batman: Year One?
Bryan Cranston: I was. [With mock shock.] You mean you didn’t know?
AVC: I guessed. They said you were doing voiceover work, so I just put two and two together.
BC: Yes, and it was a lot of fun, too. You know, the reason I took that was—well, at first, I turned it down with the comment, “Thank you, but I’m not interested in that.” And I told my agency why, and I guess the studio asked me why I would turn it down, so they told them. And they said, “No, no, no, please, it’s not anything like the TV show.” Because that’s what I thought. I was like, “I don’t want to do the ‘Bang! Zoom! Kapow!’ thing, saying things like, ‘Get to the Batcave!’” But they said, “No, no, this is completely different,” and I said, “Well, all right, I’ll read the script.” So they sent me the script. My edict is, “Everything I do really has to be well-written,” and it’s really served me well. And I read that, and I went, “You know what? This is really well-written, and it’s complex.” Even the Commissioner Gordon role is complex, because he’s conflicted. Basically good, but he has some major character flaws. And it was, like, “God, this is really interesting! This isn’t like a kid’s cartoon series. This is really in-depth!”
AVC: And dark.
BC: It is. It really is. And moody.
"Year One", later referred to as "Batman: Year One", is an American comic book story arc written by Frank Miller, illustrated by David Mazzucchelli, colored by Richmond Lewis, and lettered by Todd Klein. It originally appeared in issues #404 to #407 of DC Comics' Batman comic title in 1987. A feature film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series will be an adaptation of Frank Miller's story "Batman: Year One" from 1987 in the main Batman title, featured in issues #404–407. It will be co-directed by Sam Liu and Lauren Montgomery. Actor Benjamin McKenzie has been cast as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Bryan Cranston was cast as James Gordon, Eliza Dushku as Catwoman and Katee Sackhoff as Sarah Essen.
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