Nearly six years ago, "Breaking Bad" viewers watched the latest episode of this series, in which drug king Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston) came out of his hiding place and sacrificed his life for save his partner, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) belonging to a gang of Aryan Brothers. When White expired in a methamphetamine lab and the credits were obtained, the public thought it might be the last time he saw many of these characters.
But it turns out that the story of "Breaking Bad" is not quite over.
Netflix announced Saturday the release of a new movie called "Breaking Bad", centered on Pinkman, the incessant methamphetamine cook played by Paul, who was last seen in the television series that takes off in a Chevrolet El Camino stolen from unknown places.
The film, titled "El Camino: A Breaking Film," was written and directed by Vince Gilligan, the creator of "Breaking Bad," and will be released on Netflix on October 11th. The film should also be broadcast at a later date on AMC, the cable network where the TV series was the first broadcast from 2008 to 2013.
"It's a chapter of" Breaking Bad "that I did not realize I wanted," Paul said in an interview. "And now that I have it, I'm so happy he's here."
Netflix only provided the shortest summary of the plot "El Camino", in which it is written: "Following his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse has to face his past to forge a sort of future. "
In the interview, Paul stated that he was forbidden to reveal anything about what is happening in the film. But, like fans of the series, he added that he thought he had said goodbye to the world of "Breaking Bad" at the end of the television series.
"It was a hard and emotional thing for all of us," said Paul. "And when the final came, we all got together to hug him and tell him I love you. And that was all.
In his latest appearance on the screen as Pinkman, Paul said, "I loved how Jesse flew through the outer doors of the Nazi complex. He cries, he cries. He has those emotions running through his body. And then it cuts him. "
But Paul said that about two years ago he had received a call from Gilligan, apparently to talk about the project to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the launch of Breaking Bad.
"At the very end of the conversation," said Paul, "he mentioned that he had an idea of where to take it from here, and he wanted to hear my thoughts about it. I quickly told Vince I would follow him in a fire. "
Paul said he could understand if the audience was reluctant to go back on the conclusion of "Breaking Bad", whose last episode remains one of the few highly respected finals of the modern television era. (A derivative series, "Better Call Saul", starring Bob Odenkirk, has remained true to the original story of Saul Goodman's character before Walter White meets him.)
But Paul said all the potential fears were quickly dispelled when he had finished reading Gilligan's screenplay for "El Camino".
"I could not speak for 30 or 60 seconds," he said. "I was just lost in my thoughts. As a guy who played the guy, I was so happy that Vince wanted to take me on this trip. "
As for "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul", the production of "El Camino" took place in and around Albuquerque. Last year, publications such as the Albuquerque Journal heard about a movie being shot under the code name "Greenbrier" and quickly concluded that it was linked to "Breaking Bad".
But Paul said that by the time the media became aware of the project, "the film was already gone and was in the box. It was done."
If someone asked him what he was preparing for that moment, Paul explained, "I just said that I was doing this little independent film in New Mexico and that was it. Nobody guessed it.
He added: "There were certainly people who were asking me, 'Are you doing' Better, call Saul '? And I'll go there: But they're on a break right now. "
Although it would be reasonable to ask if "El Camino" will bring him together with other outstanding "Breaking Bad" alumni such as Cranston, Odenkirk, Krysten Ritter or Jonathan Banks, Paul, however, has said that he must again stay silent about it.
"All I can say, I think people will be really happy with what they see," he said.
Paul keeps a lot of professional secrets these days: he will also appear in the third season of the HBO series "Westworld", in a role he said he could not divulge.
When asked if he had had to be silent on so many things simultaneously in his career, Paul replied, "Not at all. But I like that, man.
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