Cranston commits to role
Bryan Cranston learnt how to cook crystal meth while starring on hit TV show Breaking Bad. The 61-year-old played high school teacher-turned-drug lord Walter White in the critically acclaimed US drama series, and revealed he was so committed to his role he studied how to make the powerful drug in real life.
Cranston, who won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of White, told British chat show host Graham Norton he spent time at the Drug Enforcement Agency learning all he could about the crystal meth trade.
‘‘The drug enforcement chemist showed us how to make crystal meth,’’ he revealed on The Graham Norton Show.
‘‘It’s very interesting, intricate and dangerous.’’
Cranston told the audience that he and his wife Robin Dearden were caught in the act while on honeymoon in Switzerland nearly 30 years ago.
Having been warned by their travel agent that one train journey included a totally dark half-hour inside a tunnel, Cranston made plans to capitalise on the romantic opportunity.
‘‘She’s [his wife] trying to lower her chair,’’ he remembered.
‘‘You cannot see anything, so it’s all by feel. One thing I learned is never be completely nude when transferring one seat over the stick shift.
‘‘Keep your trousers on and do it afterwards ... So we are in flagrante (naked), as they say, I don’t know where to put my hands.’’
Then, the train suddenly emerged into sunlight and arrived at a station.
‘‘My wife says those three words to me that every husband wants to hear: ‘Get off me’.’’