Vince Gilligan on Breaking Bad and The Sopranos
Vince Gilligan says they wouldn’t have been able to do Breaking Bad if not for shows like The Sopranos ‘I don’t think we would have been allowed to do Breaking bad if not for specifically for The Sopranos existing before us and then the shield, the whole anti hero thing in general’ ‘Those shows came first but it was still a pretty new thing I’m kind of thinking now the world the way it is if I had my brothers they be considered cautionary tales not aspirational I don’t know maybe we’ve had enough anti heroes for awhile’
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I'm not allowed to do Breaking Bad if not for, specifically for The Sopranos existing before us and then The Shield. The whole anti-hero thing in general, those shows came first but it was still a pretty new thing. I'm kind of thinking now, seeing the world the way it is, if I had my druthers they'd be considered cautionary tales, not aspirational. I don't know, maybe we've had enough anti-heroes for a while, seeing the country the way, the
