Warning: the story below contains spoilers for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
El Camino, the Breaking Bad sequel film, was supposed to have a different ending, Aaron Paul has revealed.
The movie was released on Netflix this Friday, 11 October, six years after the show’s finale.
At the end of the film, Jesse Pinkman, portrayed by Paul, gets a chance to start anew under a new identity.
Jesse hands new identity specialist Ed (Robert Forster), a letter addressed to Brock Cantillo.
Brock is the son of Andrea Cantillo, Jesse’s former girlfriend who gets murdered in the show’s fifth season.
The contents of the letter aren’t revealed to viewers, though that was the original plan, Paul told The Wrap.
“That was the very first thing that [Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan] wrote when he wrote the script,” Paul explains.
“Originally, in the first draft of the script, that’s how the story ended. With Jesse driving through Alaska, and you hear the voiceover of what’s inside of the letter.”
Paul didn’t offer more detail as to why that voiceover didn’t materialise, but said he was satisfied with Jesse’s ending.
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is out on Netflix now. You can read our review and consult our list of every Breaking Bad character featured in the sequel.
