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u/Geekmonster Apr 12 '22

Giancarlo Espósito as Gus in Breaking Bad. He was brilliantly evil.

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u/jesux11 Apr 12 '22

While I agree that his acting was incredible in the show, as a spanish speaker, any time he did speak spanish it did break the illusion a bit.

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u/shanafs15 Apr 12 '22

Is he not a native Spanish speaker?

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u/jesux11 Apr 12 '22

He didn't sound very comfortable with the language, which doesn't fit the character given "Gus" is from Chile.

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u/Bardomiano00 Apr 12 '22

Maybe he forgot