r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • 4h ago
Rest In Peace 🕊 Aaron Paul and Dean Norris remember RJ Mitte, their 'Breaking Bad' co-star
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u/Miserable-Zombie-121 4h ago
The way Aaron and RJ never got to share any scene in the series:(
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u/rainshowers_5_peace 3h ago
Fans say that it's because Jessie was Heisenberg's son and Walt Jr was Walt Srs son. I never saw it Jessie and Walt despised each other for much of the series.
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u/scout-finch 3h ago
Well, like so many fathers and sons I guess.
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u/rainshowers_5_peace 3h ago
Not like Walt Jr and Sr. I started watching late, I was surprised at how many memes about them being father and son I'd seen. S1 they were at each others throats. S2 they barely interacted. Unless every male airing with an age gap is father son I guess.
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u/SpicyAfrican 3h ago
Jesse bought him a Tag Heuer Monaco for his birthday and Walt later remarked it was the only thoughtful gift (or gift at all) he got on his birthday that year. They were at each other’s throats but they cared about each other, even if Walt was psychopathic about it. Hell, Jesse committed his first murder to save Walt. Walt ran over and killed those drug dealers to protect Jesse.
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u/STLOliver 3h ago
There was stuff that didn’t ever make it, would’ve been them together
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u/AlternativeCow2739 3h ago
I always imagined a scene where Jessie kind of helps Flynn look cool somehow. Like Jessie sees Flynn being bullied and goes over and asks if he can buy some weed or something. No idea how it would work into the story but I would want it to be something a bit wholesome like that.
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u/theykilledcassandra dont ask, a lot was happening 3h ago
This is really really devastating. I can’t even begin to describe what it feels like when you hear of other disabled people taking their own lives. I hope he’s resting easy now.
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u/Independent_Button61 3h ago
I am much older than RJ. I have CP. Hearing that he couldn’t manage is such a mindfuck.
If money and privilege aren’t enough for disabled adults… what is enough?
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u/Winter_Childhood9186 Whore reporting for duty 🫡 3h ago
He went on a podcast last week and talked about how his money person left him in debt after the show and he struggled in the aftermath
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u/verchiels How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren’t real? 🪞 3h ago
💓 Thinking of you and Independent_Button61
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u/ashighasthetide 4h ago
dean norris and RJ Mitte had such great onscreen screen chemistry. this is so unbelievably fucking sad and tragic, i’m pretty sure he got engaged around this time last year too. thinking of his loved ones and sending them love. RIP RJ 💗
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u/JonathanLarsonJr 4h ago
Absolute gut punch. I really hope we’re able to get some insight into the situation so we can learn from it and help kind talented souls like his more in the future.
It’s not everyday you come across a talent like his. He portrayed teenage innocence so well. His real physical struggles and journey and his candidness and openness about cerebral palsy made the show much stronger and gave Breaking Bad so much more heart and depth.
Rest in peace.
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u/SilverRaincoat lazy 50-year-old bougie bitch 💋 3h ago
Of course I'm thinking of his family and friends. But can't help to think of Bryan Cranston too💔 just so awful
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u/Vegetable-Kiwi-4675 I am furious, but I am sailing 🛳️ 3h ago
He must be heartbroken. Anna Gunn too.
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u/pamiskindofabitch 3h ago
The man just died, can you give them a minute? This whole culture of people even needing to give statements on people’s deaths is so fucked, IMO. It’s the convention, so everyone is expected to do it now. But grief is private and can feel isolating. It’s performative if you release a statement, but callous if you don’t.
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u/Manic-StreetCreature It’s CAMP 💅🏻 3h ago
I mean it just happened and if someone I worked closely with when they were a teenager took their own life I would probably want to have time to process it before making a statement
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u/nagidrac 3h ago
I remember when Angus Cloud passed and people were flooding Zendaya's comments asking for a statement. I just don't get the obsession with needing celebrities to make a statement right away after their colleague passed. Everyone deserves the right to process such news before making a statement. And when you lose someone to suicide, it's like even harder to process.
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u/Acceptable_Rule_7590 I’ve grown quite unfond of you 3h ago edited 3h ago
You know these are real people, right? They don't have to perform their grief for the public, especially not before they are ready.
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u/nagidrac 3h ago
The news just broke hours ago. They worked closer with RJ so they're likely not ready to make a statement yet.
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