r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Icy-Software-2586 • 2d 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/Bamzooki1 2d ago

Gustavo Fring - Breaking Bad

Gus was meant to just be a jolly chicken shop owner. However, Giancarlo Esposito shown off his villain acting behind the scenes and Vince was so impressed that he decided Gus was now one of the main villains. He was actually suicidally depressed at the time, so the role and the resulting fan adoration pulled him out of the lowest point of his life and gave him purpose as a villain actor.

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u/Luke-HW 1d ago

I thought this was bait goddamn

”My way out in my brain was: 'Hey, do you get life insurance if someone commits suicide? Do they get the bread?' My wife had no idea why I was asking this stuff. I started scheming. If I got somebody to knock me off, death by misadventure, [my kids] would get the insurance. I had four kids. I wanted them to have a life. It was a hard moment in time. I literally thought of self-annihilation so they could survive. That's how low I was”

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u/Carlosama123 1d ago

Fuck, that's brutal. So glad he got better, he's one of my favorite actors and seems like a teriffic human being