It's not uncommon to see an actor criticise their own movie after the fact, but few do it with as much class and thoughtfulness as Bryan Cranston.

Appearing on the Nerdist podcast, the Breaking Bad star revealed that he wasn't happy with the way last summer's Godzilla killed off his character Joe Brody mid-way through the movie.



Instead of tearing apart the decision, Cranston instead offered up an articulate explanation of exactly why he had an issue with the blockbuster.



"That character dying at that time was a mistake," he said. "I knew it when I read it. When I read it I said, 'Oh, page 50 this character who was the emotional core at the centre, that was guiding the audience in the story up to that point - he dies?' What a waste.

"They kind of dealt with it poorly, that's my only criticism of it because I think it was a fun movie, it was a very successful movie. I told them that even if I wasn't doing this role, that character shouldn't die at that point. It's just bad narrative, but they were too far down the road.

"I was the last guy hired because I was still shooting Breaking Bad and they kept pushing [filming back] because Breaking Bad kept pushing. Finally, I was able to get in and do it."

Cranston added that keeping Ford Brody's (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) father around for longer in the film would have given it more of an emotional backbone.



"That character should have been with his son and they would've started to bond a little bit more and they went on this journey together to go back home and be reintroduced to his grandson," he explained.



"Just when they're bonding and it looks like they could have a relationship, the father sacrifices himself to save his son. And that's the way he should have died."

A Godzilla sequel (sans Cranston, obviously) is in the works for release in June 2018.

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