RJ Mitte death: Bryan Cranston leads emotional tributes to Breaking Bad star
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Bryan Cranston paid an emotional tribute to his former Breaking Bad co-star RJ Mitte, saying he was in “deep despair” over the actor’s death. Cranston, who played Mitte’s father Walter White in the acclaimed American crime drama, said he had been making plans to meet his former co-star for lunch just weeks before his death. “I’m in deep despair as I write this tonight,” he wrote in an Instagram post. “I met him when he was only 14 years old when he was cast as Walter White Jr, a part he played with such joy and enthusiasm.” Mitte played Walter White Jr in all five seasons of Breaking Bad, which aired from 2008 to 2013. He lived with cerebral palsy, a physical disability affecting a person’s ability to move, as did his character. He was 34 at the time of his death. “It is with profound sadness that we share …







