And wouldn’t you guess, Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul were there to honor their hit show.
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“If you had told me there’d be crystal meth in the same museum as The Star-Spangled Banner, Thomas Edison’s light bulb, Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch and Dorothy’s ruby slippers, I’d have told you you were using too much of Walter White’s product”, said Gilligan at the commemorative ceremony, reports USA Today. “Breaking Bad” changed my life”, Cranston said. “Who knew meth could really bring us to the Smithsonian?”.
Co-stars Jonathan Banks and Dean Norris joined Cranston, Paul, and Gilligan at the event where various items – like the porkpie hat referenced above and the bright yellow Tyvek suits Walt and Jesse wore while cooking – were handed over to the museum. The memorable items included the Heisenberg hat worn by Walter White and the suits and gas masks worn by Walter and his sidekick, Jesse Pinkman, during the lab scenes.
Other objects from “Breaking Bad” being donated include cups with the Los Pollos Hermanos logo, the sketch of Heisenberg from the episode “No Más”, Hank Schrader’s DEA ID card, a “Better Call Saul” matchbook and a purple corkscrew used by Marie Schrader.
Thousands of fans will get up close and personal with the show that Albuquerque made famous, including members of the cast and crew, which are also expected to be in Washington, D.C., Tuesday for the presentation.
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Dwight Bowers, the museum’s Entertainment Curator, said they ultimately chose to add the props to the display because of the show’s impact on American society, and the way it dealt with issues of “ambivalence”.
