Bryan Cranston Discusses His Role As "Cohaagen" In Total Recall Remake!

Talking to Collider at the Toronto International Film Festival recently, the critically acclaimed actor has finally spoken out about his role in the upcoming remake of Total Recall. Be sure to click on the link below to head on over to the site, where you can read a lot more about what the actor had to say of his roles in Drive and Breaking Bad.

What take on Cohaagen do you have?

Again, we’re still dealing with an older man/younger man relationship and I did not want to be the desk pounding, “Kill him!!! Grrrrr!” Why? My backstory to him and what I pitched to Len Wiseman was he’s like a son to me. I love this kid and he was my most trusted soldier. Together we were going to do great things, great, important, legacy building things. He is just rebelling so I have to give him tough love, like I would my son who is acting out.

But it’s not exactly him. It’s something you implanted in him.

It’s kind of that way. When I give him his memory back, we will once again embrace and all will be well. Until then, I have to just contain him, just put him in his place and contain him and protect him at all costs and don’t kill him. I do not want him dead. That’s the twist that I took to it and I think again, it gives a sense of humanizing to it that you can at least understand as opposed to root for.