Bryan Cranston and Catherine O'Hara Did Mushrooms Before Going to a Grateful Dead Concert to Prep for“ The Studio”

Bryan Cranston's first acquisition trying mushrooms didn't precisely spell according to plan.

During an quality connected Jimmy Kimmel Live! connected Wednesday, Sept. 10, Cranston, 69, discussed precocious taking nan supplier to effort and hole for his domiciled arsenic Continental Studios CEO Griffin Mill successful The Studio.

In nan star-studded Apple TV+ show, Griffin gets precocious connected mushroom chocolates; however, Cranston admitted he didn't cognize what that felt like.

The Breaking Bad prima shared, “I’m playing this characteristic who is wiped retired and I had ne'er had immoderate acquisition successful that. Not many narcotics astatine all, arsenic a matter of fact, and truthful I didn’t cognize really really to behave." 

He said he decided to scope retired to The Studio co-creator Seth Rogen and costar Ike Barinholtz for immoderate advice.

Cranston recalled, "So I was asking Seth Rogen and Ike Barinholtz, ‘You guys are immense druggies! What tin you show me?’” adding that they told him nan champion measurement to commencement would beryllium microdosing.

“I said, ‘I don’t moreover cognize what that is. What is that?’ Well, it’s a microdose, you know?” nan character told Kimmel. “And I said, ‘What would nan effects be?’ And they said, ‘Well, we'll effort some!’ And I go, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, bent on.’ ” 

Cranston admitted he past had nan cleanable opportunity to effort nan narcotics for nan first time.

“We were successful Las Vegas shooting this crazy show pinch Seth Rogen and we each decided to spell to nan Sphere to spot nan Grateful Dead,” he said. “If God wasn’t telling maine to do microdosing, what was he telling me?”

Cranston said his The Studio costar Catherine O'Hara, 71, besides sewage involved, but they were "nervous" astir it and were some “clutching each other” and going backmost and distant complete whether they really wanted to effort it.

"We were nervous. And Ike Barinholtz was our supplier dealer. Can I opportunity that?" Cranston questioned, adding, "And he said, ‘I’ll return attraction of you.’ And I said, ‘I’ve heard that before!' " 

Cranston went connected to opportunity that Barinholtz insisted their acquisition pinch nan narcotics wasn't "gonna beryllium anything,” telling Kimmel, "So he gave america these small bladed quadrate chocolates — you cognize what it is [he told Kimmel]. Some group don't. And this small quadrate chocolate, I go, ‘It’s a portion of chocolate? It’s for illustration a wafer!’ ” 

He continued, “And truthful I collapsed it successful half, I took it … nothing. I didn’t consciousness anything,” adding erstwhile he took more, “It felt for illustration possibly I took 3 sips of wine."

"It was nothing! Nothing!” Cranston screamed successful mock anger.

He added erstwhile Kimmel questioned whether nan microdose amazed him and kicked successful later, “No! Now I’m angry.”

The big joked, “So you really are a awesome actor, it turns out, because that was each acting,” aft showing nan segment successful mobility earlier successful nan interview, wherever Cranston's characteristic had taken drugs. 

The character insisted, “It was acting. I didn’t cognize what I was doing.”  

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Cranston's quality came aft he won nan Outstanding Guest Actor successful a Comedy Series for his portion successful The Studio astatine nan 2025 Creative Arts Emmys connected Saturday, Sept. 6.

He was not successful attendance, truthful Gwendoline Christie, who served arsenic a presenter, accepted nan grant connected his behalf.

Also nominated successful nan class astatine nan 77th yearly awards show included Jon Bernthal for The Bear (FX connected Hulu) and Dave Franco, Ron Howard, Anthony Mackie and Martin Scorsese for The Studio.