Bryan Cranston talks about his character Shannon in Drive. It's fast. It's crazy. It's fun.
Bryan Cranston: The script for Drive is what really drove me to this film. It's compelling. It was fun. The driving sequences, the chase sequences. It wasn't difficult to wanna be a part of that and work with Nicolas Refn. And a character that was truly a character. That I could dive into and become this other man, you know.
Adam Siegel: Bryan Cranston, completely Nicolas’ idea. He had been a fan of Breaking Bad. And he knew he didn't want a Mickey from Rocky type character saying: you go. And Bryan brought a realism to the character. And a groundedness. And a notion of sort of a hustler.
Nicolas Winding Refn: Bryan is very much the kind of actor, where it's not just a voice. It's everything that comes with it.
Part of it is to have this legbrace, where Shannon had a bad deal go down. Nicolas was amazing in his collaboration. Trust the actors to know their characters. Know the story. And bring something every day. It's not an someone saying: you do this, shut up, answer the phone, walk over there. Do it now! You know, he's like: I don't know. What do you think?
Ryan Gosling: Yeah, Bryan is, he's just one of the best actors around. He's creative. Such a funny... it's an incredibly memorable character.
It's a cautionary tale. All the the characters who have a downturn, really brought it on themselves. For me, and maybe it's my age, I don't know. If this movie was just about fast cars driving around crashing. Stealing money. Shooting. I wouldn't be interested. Care about these characters. You root for them. You cringe when they're in trouble. And then you mourn if something bad happens. It's fast. It's crazy. It's fun.
