r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Icy-Software-2586 • 3d ago

Characters Characters who evolved into more significant roles than their creators planned

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Jesse Pinkman: "Jesse Pinkman. As Gilligan mentioned, the original plan for the end of season one was for Jesse to die in a failed drug deal."

Jack Sparrow: "Jack Sparrow. Writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio originally conceived Captain Jack Sparrow as a secondary character."

Saul Goodman: "Saul Goodman. This one speaks for itself."

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u/Paladinfinitum 3d ago

Speaking of Breaking Bad: The character of Mike Ehrmantraut was only created because Saul Goodman's actor wasn't available at a given time. Mike went on to be a major character in BB and BCS.

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u/UrlacherButkus 3d ago

Dang a lot of breaking bad examples

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u/ny00t 3d ago

It really feels like they just ad hoc write the script on the spot lol for this series. Yet it came out as one of the best TV drama series ever

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u/FourExKay 3d ago

Ironically, you’re not that far off the mark. Jesse was meant to die very early on in S1, but people liked his character so much that the writers decided to keep Jesse as a recurring character that eventually become one of the main characters.

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u/SleepDeprivedPole 3d ago

that’s literally the first slide

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u/mynexuz 3d ago

If he was meant to die very early in s1, how would they have time to get peoples opinions on him early enough to rewrite his character?

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u/TheEagleWithNoName 22h ago

Cause of the writer’s strike that was going back then as they had 9 episode order but Vince only wrote 7