Why does Walt look weird in El Camino?

Indeed, Todd looks different in El Camino because several years have passed since Breaking Bad. At the time of filming Breaking Bad's final episode, "Felina," Plemons was 24, but he was 30 by the time he filmed El Camino — and was clearly older and heavier than he was in the series.

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Why does Walt's head look so big in El Camino?

During the original series run, Cranston shaved his head to play White, who is diagnosed with cancer at the beginning of the show and loses his hair during chemotherapy. But because Cranston didn't have time to shave for El Camino, he was instead fitted with a bald cap.

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Why wasn t Walter White in El Camino?

Since El Camino was presented through Jesse's point-of-view, it didn't feel necessary to have Walt's family members blended into the story. Though it may have been a treat for fans to see the return of well-known faces, it wasn't a justifiable enough move.

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Is Walter White mentioned in El Camino?

And, just before the film's close, El Camino delved back in time for the return of the show's central character: Walter White, the chemistry-teacher-turned-drugs-baron portrayed by Bryan Cranston. However, the man we saw in flashback is far from the one portrayed in the Breaking Bad finale.

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Did Walter White have a bald cap in El Camino?

While a private plane helped to jettison Cranston in and out of El Camino in between his Broadway turns, there was still the matter of the actor's physical appearance. Unable to shave his head or grow a moustache due to his Network commitments, Cranston had to don a bald cap and face facial fuzz.

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Was El Camino a flop?

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie drew 6.5 million viewers in the US on its opening weekend, making it one of Netflix's most successful original films of the year.

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Is Skyler mentioned in El Camino?

5. What about the Whites? So many familiar faces from Breaking Bad show up in El Camino, but there are key absences. Among the most important characters who sit out of the film: Skyler (Anna Gunn), Flynn (RJ Mitte) and baby Holly, not to mention Marie (Betsy Brandt), the family Walter left behind.

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How is Todd alive in El Camino?

Like Bryan Cranston's Walter White and Jonathan Banks' Mike Ehrmantraut, Todd is brought back from the dead via flashbacks by Breaking Bad creator and El Camino writer-director Vince Gilligan.

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Who is the guy that Jesse remembers in El Camino?

Neil Kandy is an unseen antagonist in the fifth and final season of Breaking Bad and the main antagonist of its 2019 sequel film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.

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Does Gus appear in El Camino?

Gus Fring

As the biggest cameos in El Camino proved, being dead didn't prevent a character from making an appearance, but we still didn't get a flashback from Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito).

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Is Hank alive in El Camino?

Hank Schrader: Dead

Every moment of the episode "Ozymandias" is indelibly lodged in the brain of every Breaking Bad fan alive, so there's really no ambiguity here. RIP, Hank.

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Is Walter White ever seen in Better Call Saul?

Yes, Walter White and Jesse Pinkman returned—but the episode was more than just an excuse for a cool cameo. It took six and a half seasons, but in last night's episode Better Call Saul finally… broke bad.

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Is Skyler White in Better Call Saul?

The show's creator Vince Gilligan has already made the spin-off film El Camino and the spin-off show Better Call Saul, but neither Walt Jr. nor Skyler returned for either one. Actress Anna Gunn played the White family matriarch in all five seasons of the series.

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Why is Todd so weird in El Camino?

Why is Todd so weird in El Camino? Indeed, Todd looks different in El Camino because several years have passed since Breaking Bad. At the time of filming Breaking Bad's final episode, "Felina," Plemons was 24, but he was 30 by the time he filmed El Camino — and was clearly older and heavier than he was in the series.

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Why did Todd gain so much weight in El Camino?

Why is Todd fat in the Breaking Bad movie sequel “El Camino”? El camino was made 5 years after Breaking Bad so the actor put on weight in the meantime. When he reprised the role they didn't think it was that big a deal so they didn't acknowledge it.

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Why did Walt let her choke?

While Walt is trying to wake Jesse, he inadvertently and unknowingly knocks Jane onto her back; she starts to choke on her own vomit. Walt rushes to help, but after hesitating for a moment, lets her die, in order to protect Jesse from their eventual overdose, and for self-preservation since she threatened to expose him ...

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Who is the villain in El Camino?

Type of Villain

Mr. White- Todd's last words before he is strangled to death by Jesse Pinkman. Todd Alquist is a major antagonist in Breaking Bad, serving as the secondary antagonist of Season 5 and a posthumous antagonist in its 2019 sequel film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.

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What was the letter Jesse gave at the end of El Camino?

The audience never learns the contents of Jesse's letter to Brock, though it's implied that it's an attempt at explaining/apologizing/making amends for all the evil that Jesse unwillingly brought into Brock's life.

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Why is Jesse in a cage in El Camino?

26) The Nazis fail to produce drugs of Jesse and Walt quality, so their international distributor Lydia (Laura Fraser) has been freaking out. Which is very bad news for Jesse: After they let Walt go, they literally cage Jesse up for months and force him to make Heisenberg-level meth.

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Is Todd Alquist a sociopath?

Todd Alquist Is the Sociopathic Villain of Breaking Bad's Final Season. Here's What to Remember Before El Camino. Jesse Plemmons's character looms large over the Jesse Pinkman movie.

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Is El Camino an alternate ending?

'El Camino' Had a Sadder Alternate Ending for Jesse, According to Vince Gilligan. It's good Gilligan went with the ending he did because this original one? Hard pass.

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Why did Todd keep the tarantula?

Todd keeps the tarantula, and it reappears later in the season. As a fan on Quora points out, the tarantula serves first as a visual nod to Todd's psychopathic tendencies and later, becomes a living reminder that the characters can't escape their pasts.

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Why does Skyler always wear green?

Skyler starts out blue, but turns dark once she starts to figure out Walt's secret. Her timeline turns deep blue, almost purple, as her flirtation with Ted grows, and then it turns green once she discovers Walt's stash of money.

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Does Brock appear in El Camino?

Brock Cantillo, the son of Jesse's murdered girlfriend Andrea, doesn't appear in El Camino, but his presence is felt in a huge way during its closing scenes. As Jesse prepares to start a new life courtesy of Ed the Disappearer, he takes time to say goodbye to just one person, handing Ed a letter to be given to Brock.

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What is Skyler to Hank?

Hank is the husband of Marie Schrader and the brother-in-law of Skyler and Walter White, as well as the uncle of Walter White Jr..

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