has revealed that he asked his Breaking Bad co-star to be his baby’s godfather… and we can’t take their heartwarming friendship.
From 2008 to 2013, Aaron played Jesse Pinkman on the crime drama , a role for which he won several Emmys.
As fans might have hoped, the pair developed a close bond behind the scenes, so much so that Bryan recently took on an extremely important role.
During a recent appearance on , Aaron opened up about the , who he recently welcomed with his wife, actor and director Lauren Parsekian.
Jimmy asked: ‘I know Bryan Cranston’s a good friend of yours, has he seen the baby yet?’
The actor replied: ‘He has met the baby. I asked Bryan on his birthday if he would be our baby’s godfather.’
Jimmy gasped at the unexpected news, while the members of the audience present in the studio let out a collective ‘aaw’.
Aaron joked that Bryan said no to the request, as the talk show host remarked that he was a busy man.
However, he then added that his friend was ‘very excited and honoured’ to take on the responsibility.
‘I love the man to death, he’s one of my best friends in the world so it was a no-brainer,’ he said.
The 42-year-old went on to address his reunion with Bryan on screen, as they’re set to .
Following the news breaking that they were guest-starring on the show in the new season, Aaron admitted that he ‘can’t believe that we can talk about that’.
‘I didn’t think that we were going to be able to talk about it,’ he added.
Aaron and his wife Lauren, who he married in 2013, also have a four-year-old daughter called Story.
When it was revealed that Bryan and Aaron would be returning to the Breaking Bad universe, co-creator Peter Gould said at an event: ‘I don’t want to spoil things for the audience, but I will say the first question we had when we started the show was, “Are we gonna see Walt and Jesse on the show?” Instead of evading, I’ll just say yeah.’
‘How or the circumstances or anything, you’ll just have to discover that for yourself, but I have to say that’s one of many things that I think you’ll discover this season,’ he added.
Breaking Bad is available to watch on Netflix.