Bryan Cranston almost died shooting Malcolm in the Middle

Bryan Cranston has revealed he almost died whereas shooting the iconic blue paint scene for season two of Malcolm in the Middle.

During the The Graham Norton Show on Friday, the American star, 67, stated pouring paint over your physique is definitely “not safe,” as “your body can’t regulate the heat if you’re covering up all your pores”.

In the common 2000s present, his character Hal suffers a bout of despair and decides to color, earlier than tipping blue paint throughout himself.

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Cranston stated his physique started to “shut down” whereas filming.

“One time, I did a thing where my character was in a depression, and he started painting, and I was completely covered in blue paint,” he stated.

“Completely, head to toe, in blue paint.

“As you shoot, you are shifting round… And then there was part of me, at one level, I used to be like beginning to shut down the circuits.”

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“And they went, ‘increase,’ and so they grabbed me, and so they threw me in the bathe and so they simply… It was bizarre.”

He additionally talked about the hearsay Shirley Eaton died from asphyxiation after being lined in gold paint for Goldfinger. She is nevertheless, nonetheless alive and now 87.

Cranston’s revelation comes after stories the actor, who can be recognized for his function in Breaking Bad, is open to revisiting Malcolm in the Middle for a reunion.

His on-screen son, Frankie Muniz, advised Fox News that he’d be “down 100%” for a reboot.

He said he recently re-watched the hit sitcom and said: “I might like to know what the household’s as much as.”

Muniz, who played Malcolm on the show, said Cranston is really into the idea” and claimed he was engaged on the script.

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“We’re talking about it,” present creator Linwood Boomer later advised EW.

“Honestly, it would be going much faster if everyone wasn’t so annoying.”

Muniz beforehand stated he cannot keep in mind a lot from his time starring on the hit present – after affected by transient ischemic assaults (TIA) – in any other case often known as ministrokes.

He stated on US’ Dancing with the Stars: “Most people think that my most memorable year would be the year Malcolm in the Middle started [in 2000], because it allowed me to live all these dreams of mine.”

“I’ve gotten to really do anything I’ve wanted to do, but the truth is, I don’t remember much [of that]… It almost feels like it wasn’t me.”

The actor believes the TIA – which briefly minimize off blood circulation to the mind – have contributed to his reminiscence loss.

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“It makes me a little sad,” Frankie revealed.

“Things pop back into my mind [that] I should have remembered. I should have remembered going to Australia. That’s something people remember.”