Breaking Bad creator calls for good guys to be the protagonists of more hit shows

"Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan called for more good people in stories because bad guys now rule the world: "God help us, they have become our role models." He hopes that future popular TV series will show more heroic characters and emphasize that "good people" should be the protagonists of the story.

Recently, while accepting the Writers Guild of America's highest screenwriting honor, the Paddy Chayefsky Award for Achievement in Television Writing, Vince Gilligan told the audience that he really hopes the next generation of hit TV shows will return to a more inspiring world where the heroes are good guys.

Vince Gilligan created one of the most iconic anti-heroes of all time: Breaking Bad's Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston.

But Gilligan's creation of Heisenberg, the chemistry teacher-turned-drug dealer, is a cautionary tale rather than a man to emulate. With so many bad people in power in real life, Gilligan says, maybe it's time to put the good guys in the spotlight again.

Vince Gilligan's next project will be a psychological sci-fi drama starring Better Call Saul actress Rhea Seehorn, which will explore the human condition in "surprising ways".

It is reported that this series will be similar to the classic work "ET the Extraterrestrial". It has been completed and will soon be available on Apple TV+.

Rhea Seehorn