Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan contemplated killing off Walt Jr., a.k.a. Flynn, after actor RJ Mitte suggested Walter White?s (Bryan Cranston) breakfast-loving teenaged son should be be killed.
?I kind of pitched [the idea]. They were talking about someone, and I said, ?Well, Junior would be a good one to kill,?? Mitte said during the Breaking Bad 10-year anniversary cast reunion on Conan, earning shocked surprise from Mitte?s onscreen mom Anna Gunn.
Asked who would kill Junior, Mitte answered, ?I was hoping someone good. Someone had to be good.? Mitte wanted to be taken out by mute twins Leonel and Marco Salamanca (played by Daniel and Luis Moncada).
?I was assuming, because I read it, and I was like, ?Oh, my part, I don?t have a lot in any of this script, in all the seasons,? I?m like, ?Oh man, I?m losing lines,?? Mitte said. ?And then these guys show up and I?m like, ?Wait, I?m next!? No one was safe on this show.?
Gilligan admitted he pondered the idea, but said the creative team ?hadn?t figured out? who would be Junior?s killer ? or killers.
?And by the way,? Gilligan said to Mitte, ?you realize once you get killed, you don?t get paid anymore, right??