The first thing I have to ask about is the death of Gus Fring. When did you put that in motion? Was that something you had in mind before you even began the writing process for the season?
Vince Gilligan: Yes. We felt that as wonderful a character as Gus Fring is, and as much as we knew we would all miss him, we kind of felt that the town wasn't big enough for the both of them, as it were. The show wasn't big enough for Walter White and Gustavo Fring, and Walt obviously was chafing under Gus' leadership. And at a certain point, it was going to be Walter or Gus. Back in the early days of plotting out Season 4, we did indeed realize that this was the season where it would all have to come to a head and there would have to be some resolution one way or the other. And we even briefly discussed, "What if it is Walt that gets killed"? We got to realize pretty quickly that we couldn't actually go that way. But we try to make the writer's room a safe place and let all ideas wind up on the table at some point or another, even if only for 10 or 20 seconds.
We discuss every possibility. We discussed, "What if Walt dies or is horribly wounded?" Or "what if" [scenarios involving Hank, Skyler or Jesse]. We do try to discuss every possible permutation that we can conceive of. But at a certain point we also have to choose between the least of all evils, I suppose. I'd hate to think of this show without Aaron Paul on it. Obviously, I don't think we'd have a show without Bryan Cranston.
And as much as we hate to see Gus go, it should also be noted that this show historically spends a lot of time flashing back and forth chronologically, and even though a character may die on our show, it doesn't mean that that's the last we'll see of him or her. And so I'm hoping in the future, we may see a little more Gus Fring and maybe even Tio [Hector]. I'd love to think that at some point or another we can find another spot to flash back to those gentlemen.
Source: Full interview @ AOL TV
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