
In August 2014, Bryan Cranston won his fourth and final Emmy for his performance as Walter White on "Breaking Bad" and made a speech that would inadvertently lead to his next TV project.
“I don’t know why I have been blessed with an abundance of good fortune in my life,” Cranston began. “I was a kid who always looked for the shortcut — schemer. My own family nicknamed me Sneaky Pete. My own family!”