In the last 20 years, there have been many conversations about the incredible talents of Bryan Cranston. The last 20 years, of course, covers the full run of Breaking Bad, but his time as Walter White also put into focus his impressive pre-Breaking Bad years. For seven seasons, he executed the work of a comedic genius playing Hal on Malcolm in the Middle, and per the creator of the series, it's because he is "essentially fearless" as a performer.
One can recognize this fearlessness watching his work on the new limited revival series Malcolm In The Middle: Life's Still Unfair (which is now available to stream with a Hulu subscription), – and when I spoke with series creator Linwood Boomer and executive producer Tracy Katsky Boomer, they explained it was all a part of the creative process that was utilized a quarter century ago:
