Bryan Cranston agrees with you about Godzilla
One of the chief complaints about 2014’s Godzilla was the handling of Bryan Cranston’s character in the film. Coming off the fan-favorite “Breaking Bad,” people were expecting a lot from him in the big screen reboot, and when his character ultimately bit the dust not even halfway through the movie, it was the nail in the coffin for some fans.
Here’s the bright side though, Cranston is on your side about how it all went down. Speaking on the Nerdist Podcast (via Bloody Digusting), Cranston had this to say:
That character dying at that time was a mistake. I knew it when I read it. When I read it I said, Oh, page 50 this character who was the emotional core at the center, that was guiding the audience in the story up to that point he dies? What a waste…They kind of dealt with it poorly, thats my only criticism of it because I think it was a fun movie, it was a very successful movie. I told them that even if I wasnt doing this role, that character shouldnt die at that point. Its just bad narrative, but they were too far down the road.”
Cranston even had suggestions on how to make it work better for the filmmakers, but they obviously never came to fruition.
That character should have been with his son and they wouldve started to bond a little bit more and they went on this journey together to go back home and be reintroduced to his grandson. Just when theyre bonding and it looks like they could have a relationship, the father sacrifices himself to save his son. And thats the way he should have died.
A sequel to the film is currently in development with screenwriter Max Borenstein and director Gareth Edwards both set to return. It will stomp into theaters on June 8, 2018.
