Bryan Cranston Brings Walter White Back to Life for Super Bowl Ad
Breaking Bad fans who were hoping Walter White might turn up on Better Call Saul didn't have to wait until the spinoff's Feb. 8 premiere to see their favorite meth mastermind again. Esurance enlisted Emmy winner Bryan Cranston to reprise his iconic role for an ad called "Sorta Pharmacy," in which a woman arrives to pick up a prescription and instead of finding her regular pharmacist, Greg, she finds The One Who Knocks โ complete with a yellow hazmat suit and a protective respirator โ instead.
"You're not Greg," she falters, to which the Walter White lookalike replies in his signature growl, "I'm sorta Greg. We're both over 50 years old, we both used to own a Pontiac Aztec, we both have a lot of experience with drugs โ sorry, pharmaceuticals."
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The Breaking Bad spot isn't Esurance's only high-profile ad of the game: They also enlisted Lindsay Lohan for a commercial called "Sorta Mom."
Given that the final episode of Breaking Bad aired less than two years ago, was it too soon for Cranston to bring him back to life? Let us know your thoughts below.