Name it "The One The place Aaron Paul Almost Starred in a Sitcom From the Co-creator of Friends."

On the latest episode of Hot Ones, the Breaking Bad alum regarded again on the time he auditioned for The Class, a short-lived CBS comedy from Buddies co-creator David Crane, throughout his early days in Hollywood. When Paul didn’t e book a task on the buzzy present, he admittedly felt dejected about it.

"It was already picked up for 2 seasons," the actor recalled between bites of fiery hen wings. "It was going to be, they had been saying, 'the following massive Buddies.' All my associates that had been actors had been attempting out for it, and all people actually needed it."

Paul examined for an unspecified position with the studio and community, "after which I didn't get it," he stated. "However then they’d me audition for an additional position, and I went to studio, after which I went to community with me and one other individual, and I didn't get it."

He continued, "I can't let you know how depressed I used to be for simply approach too lengthy. And the present was good. It lasted a few season and a half. And , some individuals appreciated it, nevertheless it wasn't Buddies."

Turns on the market was a silver lining, as a result of if Paul had been to have accomplished The Class, "I wouldn't have been out there to audition for Breaking Unhealthy."

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The purpose of the story, Paul stated, is that "you by no means know what's proper across the nook, . So simply preserve pounding the pavement."

The Class premiered in 2006 and lasted only one season, following a gaggle of former third-grade classmates who reconnect as twentysomethings. Members of the ensemble forged would go on to seek out appreciable success in Hollywood, together with Jason Ritter, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Lizzy Caplan, and Jon Bernthal.

Paul's breakout position would come two years later as Breaking Unhealthy's Jesse Pinkman, a highschool dropout who groups along with his former chemistry instructor (Bryan Cranston) to launch a meth empire. He gained three Emmys for the position, which he reprised within the 2019 Netflix function El Camino: A Breaking Unhealthy Film and episodes of the spinoff present Higher Name Saul.

Jesse, in contrast to Cranston's character, stays alive and properly within the franchise, starting life anew beneath a brand new id after all of the bloodshed and turmoil that unfolds — although Paul recalled a time Cranston pranked him by making him imagine that Jesse can be killed off. "He got here out of the manufacturing workplace, got here as much as me and he goes, 'Come right here. It's okay.' And he offers me this lengthy hug," Paul recounted on Scorching Ones.

Paul continued, "I'm like, 'What are you doing?' He's like, 'Not less than you exit in a giant approach, huh?' I'm like, 'What are you speaking about?' He goes, 'Did you learn the most recent script?' And I am going, 'No.' He goes, 'Oh, properly simply learn it and I'm right here when you want me.'"

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Paul then "sprinted into the manufacturing workplace" and requested for the most recent script, solely to find that his character was nonetheless alive within the closing pages.

"[Cranston] simply made it seem to be I died," Paul stated. "However he wouldn’t cease. And he would get all people in on it. Just like the costume designers stated, 'Hey, look, we bought to do your measurements for the casket, so when you may keep after work, that might be nice.'"

Watch Paul's full Scorching Ones episode above.

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