Bronze statues of two mythical methamphetamine cookers from \u0022Breaking Bad\u0022 were installed at a convention centre in Albuquerque on Friday.
Local politicians including Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller mixed with “Breaking Bad” stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and director Vince Gilligan to help unveil the artwork, donated by Gilligan and Sony Pictures.
“Breaking Bad” series creator Vince Gilligan, producer Peter Gould, actor Michael Mando, actor Patrick Fabian, actress Rhea Seehorn, actor Bryan Cranston, actor Aaron Paul, actor Dean Norris, executive producer Melissa Bernstein, writer/director Thomas Schnauz and supervising producer Trina Siopy pose during an unveiling ceremony of bronze statues depicting television characters Walter White, played by Cranston, and Jesse Pinkman, played by Paul at the Albuquerque Convention Center on July 29,...
New Mexico has long struggled against the toll of addiction, with more than 43,000 deaths linked to alcohol and drug overdoses in the last three decades. Albuquerque also currently contends with a record-setting spate of homicides.Article content Republican state Rep. Rod Montoya of Farmington said he admires Cranston as an actor but that the statues bring the wrong kind of attention.
Demonstrators tried to topple that bronze artwork in denunciation of Onate’s brutal treatment of Native Americans roughly 500 years ago. A fight that broke out at the protest resulted in gunfire that injured one man.
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