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Bryan Cranston wasn’t AMC’s first choice for Walter White. Execs wanted a bigger "name" like John Cusack. Vince Gilligan fought for Cranston based on a 1998 X-Files role, a casting gamble that yielded 16 Primetime Emmy Awards.

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