Scottish actress Laura Fraser, who plays Lydia Rodarte-Quayle onBreaking Bad, talks about the most intimidating actor on-set, theorizes what a Scottish version of the show would look like and explains why she can't walk into Apple stores any more...

Q: Lydia seems constantly on the verge of death. Were you worried that she was going to get knocked off?

A: Oh yeah, absolutely. They told me I was going to be in more after the first half of the season, but I thought they could change their mind pretty easily and I could be gone.



Q: Who did you find to be the most intimidating person on-set?

A: I found Jonathan Banks the scariest. My very first scene was with him and I was incredibly nervous myself. With him kind of playing that scary character opposite me, there was a level of fear that was real. And I hadn't had a chit-chat with him really before it. With Bryan Cranston, when I watch the show he's extremely sinister and frightening. But chatting with him before acting with him, he's just hysterical.

Q: Jonathan Banks has said that Mike is responsible for his own downfall for not following his own rules and killing Lydia. What's your take on that?

A: I didn't read that, but I remember him on set saying, "What the f***? No half-measures! What am I doing?" But, you know Mike f***ed up. He took a half-measure, what can I say? I felt sad when I heard what happened -- I left at Episode 505 and came back at Episode 508 expecting to see him there, and then realized that his character had died the previous episode. I was a bit bereft because I was looking to get to know him a bit more!

Q: You're from Scotland and talking to you now, I hear a strong accent. How did you master Lydia's American accent -- and her unique way of speaking?

      This week, Bryan Cranston is in Men's Journal, while Aaron Paul is one of People's nominees for TV's sexiest star. Plus Vince Gilligan chats with The Telegraph and The Daily Beast. Read on for more.

• Check out Bryan Cranston on the cover of next month's Men's Journal, which explores the actor's "turbulent and often dark history."

• You have until Sunday to make Aaron Paul People's sexiest male TV star.

• Vince Gilligan describes Walt's deceptions to The Telegraph: "The scriptwriters and I have a joke that if Walter had a superpower it would be to lie effortlessly, and the person he lies to the most is himself."

• The Daily Beast examines several scenes from the Season 4 finale, "Face Off," with Vince Gilligan, Bryan Cranston, Giancarlo Esposito, and Mark Margolis.

• Jimmy Kimmel Tweeted a photo with Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, calling it a "foreshadowing" of the Emmy Awards ceremony this weekend. Parker Posey helps promote the Emmys with an Emmy-Speech Master Class video featuring a Cranston shout-out.

• Anna Gunn chats with The Daily Beast about Skyler staying with Walt: "There's a myriad of reasons for that that are fascinating. There's layer upon layer, which makes the material beautiful to play as an actor."

This week, Aaron Paul triumphs on Emmy night and is applauded for both his speech and fashion, while Giancarlo Esposito is a guest on The Tonight Show. Plus The Daily Beastlikes the Emmys' Breaking Badspoof. Read on for more Breaking Bad news.


• The Huffington Post thinks Aaron Paul's Emmy speech for his win for best supporting actor included one of the evening's most quotable moments, when he thanked Vince Gilligan "for not killing me off."The San Jose Mercury News chooses Paul as one of the ceremony's best dressed because he "cleans up quite well. Plus, he looks so dang happy."

• According to the Los Angeles Times, Aaron Paul expected Giancarlo Esposito to triumph in their category. Meanwhile, Esposito tells The Hollywood Reporter that the "best man won." The hug between Paul and Esposito after Paul was announced the winner was one of Hollywood.com's best moments of the Emmys.

• Giancarlo Esposito visits Jay Leno on The Tonight Show, talking about his background and Gus. He says, "Since Breaking Bad, life has changed for me. People call me 'sir' everywhere I go."

• The Daily Beast calls Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul's spoof of Breaking Bad, à la The Andy Griffith Show, at the Emmys "one of the funnier moments of the night," and Today.com thought it was one of the evening's funniest skits.

• E! Online interviews Aaron Paul after his Emmy win for best supporting actor. Beforehand, on the red carpet, Paul speaks with Extra about the chances of a Breaking Bad movie happening once the series wraps up -- and Digital Spy reports that Paul is protective of Jesse.

• RJ Mitte kept a video diary of his time at the Emmys for New York -- and it features cameos by Dean Norris and Aaron Paul, who wishes he had some scenes on the show with Mitte ("It's upsetting. It doesn't make sense").

• Dean Norris tells Popsugar that Breaking Bad has "penetrated the cultural Zeitgeist in a way that we didn't think was possible the first two years" after garnering both critical acclaim and fan support.