For anyone that forgot the strange origins of “Sneaky Pete,” Season 2 is here to remind you of what it could have been, what it is, and why it’s caught in between. Tossed out by Bryan Cranston during his 2014 Emmy acceptance speech, the term “sneaky pete” originated as the “Breaking Bad” star’s childhood nickname, but once the president of Sony TV heard it, he was transfixed. He called Cranston the day after his win and they started developing a series…
… for CBS. “Sneaky Pete” was originally shot as a pilot for broadcast television. It was shopped as a procedural where the con man would crack cases of the week, one after the other, while masquerading as a long-lost member of the family, returned home to help out during a time of need. When CBS passed, Cranston and Graham Yost reshaped the idea into a serialized story for Amazon, the...
… for CBS. “Sneaky Pete” was originally shot as a pilot for broadcast television. It was shopped as a procedural where the con man would crack cases of the week, one after the other, while masquerading as a long-lost member of the family, returned home to help out during a time of need. When CBS passed, Cranston and Graham Yost reshaped the idea into a serialized story for Amazon, the...
- 3/9/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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