Interesting Facts About The Breaking Bad

1. HEISENBERG INSPIRED MANY PEOPLE

There have been several copycats since including a 74-year-old mathematics professor, Irina Kirsty, who turned her home into a meth lab, William Duncan, a high school science teacher who sold homemade meth to students at school and Stephen Doran, a school teacher who had stage 3 cancer and sold meth to make money.

2. GUSTAVO FRING ENDED UP AS A WALKER

It’s not the first time Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead have been linked. Everybody who has watched Breaking Bad can’t forget the scene when Walter’s arch enemy, Gustavo Fring, walked down a hallway with half his face shot off. This look took a lot of time to achieve and guess who did it? The make-up artists from AMC’s The Walking Dead.

3. HEISENBERG IS REAL!

His iconic street name is actually a nod to the Nobel-winning physicist, Werner Heisenberg, who developed the theory of quantum mechanic. He might or might not have the same notorious reputation as the TV character, but he was probably just as smart.

4. THE WHITE FAMILY HOME IS A REAL HOUSE!

White’s home belongs to a woman named Fran, who’s had the house since 1973. She said that Vince Gilligan and his team took a lot of artistic license with the interior of the house and wanted to, at one stage, cover up the pool. Apparently, she doesn’t mind the constant stream of cars that go by her house every day.

5. VINCE GILLIGAN HAS ONE REGRET ABOUT THE SHOW

That Jesse’s teeth were too perfect. For a meth-head, his teeth should have been stained, cracking and falling out of his head instead, Aaron Paul had a set of lovely white pearlers. He looked quite good for a drug addict. Gilligan said that the logistics of removing or altering teeth were too expensive and that “removing real teeth from actors is a real non-starter”.

6. THERE'S A ‘BREAKING BAD’ SCHOLARSHIP

New Mexico isn’t the only place where Breaking Bad is set, it’s also the meth capital of North America. The Sage Neuroscience Centre in this state uses the show to help its citizens fight drug addiction. Entrants can share their stories and potentially win a ‘Breaking Addiction’ scholarship which allows them 12 weeks of free rehabilitation.

7. BRYAN CRANSTON HAS A BREAKING BAD TATTOO

Bryan Cranston and the cast and crew of Breaking Bad had a huge party after the last scene was shot. Apparently, he got so drunk that he got a tattoo on his finger dedicated to the show’s logo. His wife wasn’t impressed at all. Talk about (drunken) dedication.

8. BLUE METH IS NOW A THING

Since the immense popularity of Breaking Bad, meth-makers everywhere have tried to take advantage of the popularity of Walter’s special blue meth by adding blue food colouring or dye to their drugs. Although this means it’s more popular on the street, it makes no difference to the effect of the drug.