TrumbostarBryan Cranstonearned a Tony for his performance as President Lyndon Johnson in the Broadway playAll the Way.
Directed by Jay Roach from a screenplay by Robert Schenkkan,All the Waydramatizes Johnsons first year in office.
Cranston told EWthe role is oddly similar to infamousBreaking Badcharacter, Walter White.
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Very ambitious, very exceptional in what they do, he said.
[They] can be selfish, can be self-righteous, very talented.
Theres a tremendous amount that they have in common.
Its really just serendipitous to me that I was in the right place at the right time.
All the Waydebuts on HBO on Saturday, May 21, at 8 p.m.
