Paul reveals something we didn't know: that he has Chris Carter's popular FOX sci-fi conspiracy series The X-Files to thank for sending him down the road to Jesse Pinkman. Here's how the role of David "Winky" Winkle in S09E05 "Lord of the Flies" resulted in a bonding moment with Gilligan:
"That was definitely the breakout role. But you know I'd kind of been kind of fighting the fight for 10 years, ya know? My first meeting was with Vince Gilligan, the creator of 'Breaking Bad.' And I had done an episode of 'X-Files,' which he was a big writer on. I did an episode where I played Sky Commander Winky, and that was his nickname randomly in college. And so he asked me what episode of 'X-Files' I did and I told him and he goes, 'oh my God you played Sky Commander Winky, that was my nickname in college.' And it just – the whole audition went seamless after that. So I think it was because I played Sky Commander Winky really opened up the doors for me with Vince. It was just such a warm room," Paul revealed.
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Text: Bleeding Cool