History Trivia / BREAKINGBAD

** Jonathan Banks was previously well known for costarring in the TV series ''Wiseguy'' in the 80s and had mostly done low-profile parts since. His role as Mike netted him an Emmy nomination and opened the door for a series of parts in high-profile movies, as well as a season-long guest arc on ''Community''. His performance here led to him reprising Mike and getting promoted to [[{{Deuteragonist}} secondary protagonist]] in ''Better Call Saul''.

** Walt's physical appearance; his hair, moustache and being slightly overweight were all Creator/BryanCranston's suggestions.

--->'''Vince Gilligan:''' Gus is a man who had one Achilles Heel, as far as we know: His burning desire for vengeance against the people who killed Max, who was very important to him. We don’t tend to nail things down on ''Breaking Bad.'' It’s fun to be a little mysterious, and it’s nice to have the audience come up with backstories on their own. Having said that, I personally think Max was more than just a friend to Gus. I think they probably were lovers. And therefore it was understandably a very crushing, terrible loss for Gus, one that he would never forget. That one bit of emotion that he allowed himself ultimately proved to be his undoing.

** Creator/JonathanBanks personally believes that Mike [[spoiler:leaving Kaylee behind to escape from the police]] and [[spoiler:not reacting when Todd guns down Drew Sharpe]] were out of character for him, but he never protested on set out of respect for the writers.
** Creator/RaymondCruz did not particularly enjoy portraying Tuco Salamanca in this show, as he was incredibly disturbed by the character's violent, uncontrollable personality. As such, [[KilledByRequest he was killed off early in Season 2 so he could be free from the role]], though he did reprise it in ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' and a Superbowl advertisement for [=PopCorners=].

* IKnewIt:
** Most fans expected Walt to [[spoiler: die in the finale. And a great number of them expected him to die by something other than his cancer.]]
** Many fans also correctly predicted that [[spoiler:the ricin cigarette would be used in the finale]]. And many guessed that [[spoiler:its most likely target would be Lydia]].

--->'''Vince Gilligan:''' That’s an excellent question and my writers and I would always tell the stories to ourselves of [[spoiler:the evil juice box man… who somehow… Our best guess is… I can tell you that the way we worked it out in our timeline he had just enough time to do it but it would have been very tricky indeed and it was improbable perhaps but not impossible. That he could have got in over once he got that idea you know spinning the pistol by the pool and waiting to die essentially, looking at that lily of the valley, contemplating the idea at that point… Uh I think at that point what he did is he kind of crushed some of the stuff up, put it in a juice box or something and then somehow snuck into, being a guy who’s a teacher, he knows his way around a school, probably got into Brock’s nursery school and swapped it out. This is kind of the inner story for how it happened for the writers and I, but it would have been tricky timing. He was a very motivated individual at that point; he had to save his family,]] that’s my best guess on how it actually happened.

** Though things ultimately clicked into place at the end, Vince Gilligan deeply regrets using the FlashForward ColdOpen to kick off Season 5, [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants as he didn't actually have a plan on what Walter was going to do with the machine gun he buys]], and the stress of trying to figure it out was painful and scary for him.

* PromotedFanboy: Creator/BillBurr was a fan of ''Breaking Bad'' since the pilot and asked his agent to get him on the show. After watching for three seasons, Burr finally appeared as Patrick Kuby in season four.

** Many people assume that Mike Ehrmantraut always pronounces Walter's name as "Waltuh", due to Creator/JonathanBanks' gravelly voice he provides for the character. In reality, Mike always pronounces Walter's name with the hard "R", over the series. The misconception likely comes from the "Put your dick away Waltuh" meme, where the person imitating Mike's voice ''does'' drop the "R" sound.

** The show was initially set in Ontario, California but the studio wanted it to be filmed in Albuquerque for tax reasons, so the writers just changed the setting to Albuquerque rather than have to do Reverse CaliforniaDoubling. This ended up working fabulously for the show's narrative.