r/breakingbad • u/Boring_Elevator3817 • 9h ago

RJ Mitte (Walt Jr) has passed 😥

Wow, I was shocked to hear this. They are saying it was suicide. So sad. He was only 34 years old. RIP, Flynn ❤️

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u/B-BoyStance 8h ago

That's fucking terrible.

Maybe it's too soon to say this but I've heard him talk about a lot of horror stories in terms of trying to be an actor (his manager defrauded him for years for example, tons of money just lost).

I feel like this stuff is going to come up a lot in the upcoming days/weeks - even if it isn't the main factor, hearing him talk about that over the years always made me sad/worry about him.

Even though he's pretty famous I can't imagine the guy had a drastically different life than anyone lower/middle class.

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u/bacon_farts_420 7h ago

So I used to act no where near his level, or the success of breaking bad. Even my little straight to dvd movies fucked me up. Being at the height of your life at that point full of hope and thinking it’s only going to go up from there, just to slowly see your dream die. People ask “Why don’t you still act?” Because I can’t even have the heart to even try anymore

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u/Pussy4LunchDick4Dins 5h ago

My mom tried acting. She also was a singer and a ballet dancer. It absolutely broke her. People were so cruel and spoke about her as if she was an object. She was devastated because her dream was dead and her confidence was shattered. She recently sang publicly for the first time since she was in her twenties, at age 60. It took that long for her to heal from that.