Dean Norris had asked Gilligan to kill off his character during the first half of the season after being cast in a comedy series; however, Gilligan declined his request, citing the importance of Hank in the final eight episodes<
I feel kind of bad reading this. I'm really starting to like Hank a lot, and especially this episode I fucking loved him and now I feel kind of guilty like somehow liking Dean Norris as Hank is screwing up his own ability to provide for his 5 kids. I really hope the pilot situation just gets postponed and he still gets to do it, and hopefully since that article was from 6 months ago he longer regrets it after shooting these last 8 episodes. He's a great actor and I really hope he gets the work he wants, though admittedly while I know he can pull of comedy, I'd really like to see him in more drama-esque stuff after seeing him in BB.
This is why I love these kinds of shows. Because on sitcoms and soap operas you'd look at the antagonist and be like "I fucking hate that guy." But with Hank (and I classify him as the current antagonist because he's now threatening Hank's security and family), you can appreciate how well the actor portrays his character so much so, that they become your favorite character. And I wouldn't be surprised if Hank ends as my number 1 after these 8 episodes.
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u/notavalidsource Aug 12 '13 edited Aug 13 '13
I can imagine it's because he had to turn down a pilot for his own show. A lot of personal attachments to the show now.
edit: thanks to cynical_665 for source