Breaking Bad has become the series of reference for several generations. The fiction starring Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul marked the golden age of the series, and there is still no other series that has surpassed it in prestige. However, we are now in the midst of an era of remakes, reboots and new adaptations, so we wondered what a new version of Breaking Bad would be like.
As we have done with Star Wars, Game of Thrones or The Avengers, we have made use of Artificial Intelligence to come up with this hypothetical remake. The human mind has less and less to envy to these tools -although it still has a long way to go-, so we asked ChatGPT what would be the perfect casting for the series… with somewhat strange results.
We then ran these results through the Stable Diffusion tool, and their creations were… terrifying. At the end of the post we can imagine what the new actors would look like in their respective roles. But I think it will make you want to appreciate the original casting more than anything else.
The ideal actors for a Breaking Bad remake according to ChatGPT
The first thing we have done is to ask ChatGPT which actors he imagines in the leading roles. We reproduce the conversation below. We have detailed what we want concretely so that the OpenAI tool is not lost… and their proposals are on another level from what the series was. Although this is not necessarily for the better.
Obviously, we have not been able to put all the cast, but we have been able to put most of the important characters. The conversation was as follows:
Create the perfect casting for a Breaking Bad remake, without repeating the original actors. I need the perfect actors for: Walter White, Jesse Pinkman, Skyler White, Walter “Flynn” White Jr, Hank Schrader, Marie Schrader, Gustavo “Gus” Fring, Saul Goodman, Michael “Mike” Ehrmantraut, Ted Beneke, Steven Gomez, Gretchen schwartz, Elliott Schwartz, Jane Margolis, Tuco Salamanca.
Sure! Here is my ideal casting for a Breaking Bad remake without repeating the original actors:
- Walter White: Christian Bale
- Jesse Pinkman: Tom Hardy
- Skyler White: Emily Blunt
- Walter “flynn” White Jr.: Finn Wolfhard
- Hank Schrader: Michael Shannon
- Marie Schrader: Sarah Paulson
- Gustavo “Gus” Fring: Javier Bardem
- Saul Goodman: John Turturro
- Michael “Mike” ermantraut: Liam Neeson
- Ted Beneke: John Krasinski
- Steven Gomez: Oscar Isaac
- Gretchen Schwartz: Tilda Swinton
- Elliott Schwartz: Jude Law
- Jane Margolis: Zendaya
- Tuco Salamanca: Diego Luna
I hope you like my selection!
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We then ran ChatGPT’s recommended cast through Stable Diffusion to see how these actors would look in their respective roles. However, the result has been as disastrous as The Hunger Games. We’re certainly going to have a hard time imagining the series with these actors.
Christian Bale as Walter White
Tom Hardy as Jesse Pinkman
Emily Blunt as Skyler White
Finn Wolfhard as Walter “Flynn” White Jr.
Michael Shannon as Hank Schrader
Sarah Paulson as Marie Schrader
Javier Bardem as Gustavo “Gus” Fring
John Turturro as Saul Goodman
Liam Neeson as Michael “Mike” Ehrmantraut
John Krasinski as Ted Beneke
Oscar Isaac as Steven Gomez
Tilda Swinton as Gretchen Schwartz
Jude Law as Elliott Schwartz
Zendaya as Jane Margolis
Diego Luna as Tuco Salamanca
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