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"Vince, why are we shooting all my scenes first?"

posted 6 years ago by TheEngineer (199)
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I feel bad for Jonathan Banks. This guy is early 70s but could easily pass for 80 or more. He's shrinking, he's hunched, he's feeble, he's frail, he's baggy, he's covered in liver spots, he can barely croak his lines out half the time. I wonder how long Vince and Peter think they can spin this show out aimlessly, forcing this poor old guy to play action grandpa while he decays rapidly. The amount of age on him in just the five years since the BrBa finale is not natural, he's not long for this world.

Go back and watch some Mike scenes from BrBa and you'll see how daunting the difference really is.

[–] MinorityRules15 (959) 6 years ago

When Breaking Bad started he was about 61, now he's 71.

A lot of people look different after 10 years....

Look at him from 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njdfb4-ST9g

[–] TheEngineer (199) 6 years ago

I know, point is he looks terrible and frail for 71. My 75 year old grandpa looks better than him in every way and he even smoke and drank his whole life. Banks either got cursed with terrible genes or there's something sucking the life force out of him.

[–] clutch (69) 6 years ago

He's already given the performance of a lifetime here:

https://youtu.be/Hl8JiJx2vaI

[–] Jennie_Portrait (804) 6 years ago

Very funny!

I have very fond memories of watching Jonathan Banks on the 1980's TV show, Wiseguy: https://youtu.be/tasTuAl0sBU