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Aaron Paul On Playing A Meth Dealer On 'Breaking Bad'

Fresh Air
Published August 27, 2014 at 1:55 PM EDT

Paul won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for playing student-turned-drug dealer Jesse Pinkman. In 2011, he said his character was supposed to die in the first season.

Originally broadcast Sept. 19, 2011.

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