Breaking Bad's Anna Gunn Says Attitudes Toward Skyler Have Now Changed
Anna Gunn famously played Skyler White on Breaking Bad, and when the show aired, many people criticized her character, and Gunn felt that blowback and found it upsetting. But now, Gunn says attitudes have changed, and people better understand the position Skyler was in and how she was trying to get Walt (Bryan Cranston) to do the right thing on the show.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Gunn said she wasn't tuned into the controversy at the time over her character because she wasn't plugged into social media. People told her what others were saying, and she decided to read the comments--this was "probably a mistake," she said.
"But it's a mistake that led to a great deal of soul searching and me thinking, 'Well, is it me?' And I think the writers went through the same thing: 'Is it the way we've written her?' [Series creator Vince Gilligant] would sometimes say, 'My gosh, no matter what we do with Walt, no matter how bad he breaks, people are still going, 'Yay!' They're still in his corner and they're still behind him," she said.
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