Appearing on the Hot Ones podcast recently, Bryan Cranston shared a behind-the-scenes story from Breaking Bad involving his co-star Aaron Paul eating the fake blue meth on set to help stay awake on long days. Cranston, who played Walt on the show, confirmed that the show’s iconic blue meth was actually cotton candy-flavored rock candy.
On one particularly long day of shooting–Cranston said it could have been as long as 17 hours–Cranston and Paul were filming a scene in the meth lab bunker. Cranston said he saw Paul reach into the “product,” grab a handful, and begin to pop the candy into his mouth.
“I go, ‘You can’t eat the product!’” Cranston said. Paul told Cranston he was so tired that he wanted to consume some sugar to help stay awake. Paul pressured Cranston into trying the rock candy again and again, but Cranston didn’t give in until Paul yelled, “Yo! Have one!” And to put an end to the matter, Cranston agreed to sample the product. “I tasted one, and was like, ‘That’s pretty good!’” he said.
