‘Breaking Bad’ Alum Raymond Cruz Exposes Why It Would Be ‘Difficult’ To Play Tuco Ever Once Again (Special)

Breaking Bad fans ought to be additional thrilled for the Super Bowl this year thanks to PopCorners Bryan Cranston (Walt Whitman), Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman), and Raymond Cruz ( Tuco Salamanca) all reunited for PopCorners’ launching Super Bowl LVII commercial ( watch listed below) that will air throughout the huge video game on February 12, nearly 10 years after the hit AMC series completed airing. Raymond, 61, talked to HollywoodLife solely and stated it was “surreal” to repeat his function as Tuco, the renowned drug kingpin. However Raymond likewise confessed that he’s not sure if he ‘d play Tuco ever once again in a possible future Breaking Bad– associated job.

” It’s an uphill struggle. I state it with nervousness, due to the fact that it wasn’t simple to do the very first time,” Raymond described. “It wasn’t simple to repeat it on Much Better Call Saul And it certainly was challenging to do in the PopCorners advertisement,” he included. “It’s so taxing on you. It’s so high energy. Even when Tuco’s not stating anything, it’s bubbling beneath.”

The star confessed that he does not “miss out on anything” about playing Tuco, who satisfied his death in season 2 of Breaking Bad, however turned up once again in the prequel series Much Better Call Saul starring Bob Odenkirk ” It’s so hard to do,” Raymond likewise stated about the function.

Raymond likewise opened about how he returned into the frame of mind of Tuco to movie the commercial. “Thankfully I compose whatever down. So whenever I develop a character I compose whatever down. So I had my notes,” he stated. “You need to do all the work once again. I’m not like Tuco. So I needed to go back and discover precisely where I was at. How I developed it, you understand, psychologically, physically, mentally, where the character lives. And after that you need to recreate that. And to have this platform to do it was remarkable.”

Raymond informed HL how delighted he was to play Raymond once again, and reunite with 2 of his previous co-stars, for the PopCorners Super Bowl commercial. “It was remarkable to have PopCorners call you that they wish to recreate the entire Breaking Bad environment and bring these renowned characters together as soon as again,” he informed HL. “To back in the very same environment with the very same recreational vehicle that they utilized in the program, and to be using the very same closet, all of it felt really surreal. It’s nearly like it never ever took place. It resembles a dream.”

Raymond stated that shooting the business with Bryan and Aaron “felt as if we went back into the Breaking Bad universe. It felt as if we had actually never ever left, although all this time has actually passed.” Raymond likewise stated Breaking Bad fans will “get a substantial laugh” out of the business, thanks to PopCorners’ “twist” on it. “They’re gon na like it,” he stated.

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