Bryan Cranston wants to play Mr. Sinister! At the London Film Festival premiere of his new film Trumbo, Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Seinfeld) told the Metro that he wants to play a Marvel supervillain, however, he wanted the "nasty" character created from scratch. Before he became Mr. Sinister, he was Nathaniel Essex, an ordinary man from the 19th Century with a wife and a son. Along the way, he encounters Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) who is intrigued by his research and offers to give him a longer life, advanced strength, and a healing factor.