and sharon and sherry are casting folks and said "you need to see anna gunn." and i say "she was great in bedwood, let's see her." anna had been sick the week we were casting and sharon and sherry called her and said "please come in for this." so i owe them everything because there could be no better skyler white than anna gunn. >> rose: you bet. (applause) that's so much good acting but i want you guys to understand the casting. then you have to cast hak who's going to be your -- provide the yin and yaing. >> we wanted michael chiklis very badly and so we had to find someone who looked a lot like him. (laughs) dean norris is a wonderful actor. i use a lot of superlative bus i feel them very deeply. a wonderful actor whose work i was really -- mupl like bryan cranston, before i cast him i only realized in hindsight that for instance i'd seen dean in -- what's that good movie with steve carell and -- yeah, "little miss sunshine." he plays a police officer who pulls them over in their van at one point and he came in and he nailed it. he was fantastic. i have to st

aaron paul, anna gunn and the man who plays walter white himself, bryan cranston. i'm very pleased to have them at this table. welcome. great to have you here. this is something. >> indeed. >> rose: take me back to when you first had the idea for this. >> i was coming off of seven years writing for the t.v. show "the x-files." that was a wonderful job. that was a close second as far as great jobs go to "breaking bad." this one has to take the cake. but i was talking to a good buddy of mine who i went to n.y.u. film school with and he and i had written together on "the x-files" and we were bemoaning the fact that we couldn't get another great t.v. job. >> rose: (laughs) that life was over. >> and we talked about being greeters at wal-mart because maybe we'd be good at that. and he read an article in the "new york times" about some children who had gotten sick from a meth lab that their mother put in their bathroom. i don't know what the particulars were but my friend tom joked in his dark humored way that maybe we should build our own meth lab in the back on an r.v.

we're joined by it creator vince gill lan and bryan cranston, anna gunn and aaron paul. >> the very similitude that he created in setting this foundation, i think it resonated and -- with audiences that we were presenting a situation and a story that could be real. and -- we all are a mixture of good and bad. there is no one we're always good or always right or always happier. no, we're far more conflicted than that. and i think it tested the audience and what "breaking bad" has done is not only create a very compelling drama on screen but it's created conflict between audience itself. >> rose: "breaking bad" for the hour. next. >> rose: in 2008, the cable network amc took a chance on a television project by x files writer vince gilligan. it was about a middle aged chemistry teacher diagnosed with terminal canneser who turned to cooking crystal meth to provide for his family. five years and countless awards later, the gamble paid off big time. "breaking bad" is widely considered one of the great dramas in the history of television. this year it was nominated for 13 emmy awards, including outst

stars bryan cranston, arron paul and anna gunn warning "extra," this is just a taste of what's to come. >> a full tilt, wnhill, arms in the air screaming ride. >> the walls start crumbling and everythingng starts exploding. >> just a punch in the throat constantly. >> did it surprise you? >> i think it's actually smart of the writers to finally deliver this moment to us. finally there's the payoff. >> so many celebrities are big fans of the show. >> rihanna was tweeting about it. >> i've never seen facebook blowing up as much as it was last night for the show. >> we have a preview of how it ends, machine gun in the car, his house abandoned. but who is he running from? the law or the people from the drug business? let me know what you think on our facebook page. >> the other big show everyone's talking about right now, "orange is the new black" about two beautiful women that end up behind bars. this one is going on my must-watch list. we were with the stars in new york. "orange is the new black" the new netflix original series stuck in the slammer. >> we pushed the envelope oino many wa

stars bryan cranston, arron paul and anna gunn warning "extra," this is just a taste of what's to comereaming ride. >> the walls start crumbling and everything starts exploding. >> just a punch in the throat constantly. >> did it surprise you? >> i think it's actually smart of the writers to finally deliver this moment to us. finally there's the payoff. >> so many celebrities are big fans of the show. >> rihanna was tweeting about it. >> i've never seen facebook blowing up as much as it was last night for the show. >> we have a preview of how it ends, machine gun in the car, his house abandoned. but who is he running from? the law or the people from the drug business? let me know what you think on our facebook page. >> the other big show everyone's talking about right now, "orange is the new black" about two beautiful women that end up behind bars. this one is going on my must-watch list. we were with the stars in new york. "orange is the new black" the new netflix original series stuck in the slammer. >> we pushed the envelope in so many ways. >> taylor schilling and laura prepon star