Bryan Cranston's already thinking about his next role — former President Donald Trump. After describing to the Los Angeles Times his penchant for damaged characters "that still have some level of humanity and decency within them," Trump seemed like a likely candidate. "I look at Donald Trump as this Shakespearean tragic character. What I said before about playing characters that are flawed? They have some measure of goodness. I believe everyone does. I know Donald Trump does."
Cranston explained, "I believed he loved the country. He was trying to accomplish certain things. The only problem is, I don't believe he loved the country more than himself." As for when exactly Cranston sees himself playing this role, he reckons it'll be in the next "five or ten years, let's see what that feels like."
If he does, it will be at least the second U.S. president he's brought to the screen. Cranston has already played one president in his career (on Broadway and on TV): Lyndon B. Johnson, in HBO's All the Way, for which he won a Screen Actors Guild award. In fact, Cranston spoke of Trump back in 2017, saying that he felt Johnson would "wish him success" while imparting some advice as well, "a cautionary tale" (via USA Today).
