Bryan Cranston opens up about his nepo baby daughter and her breakout role in The Pitt
Bryan Cranston was quite the proud dad while showering praise on his only daughter Taylor Dearden and her work on the Max medical drama The Pitt.
Dearden, 32, is the only child of the Breaking Bad star, 69, and his wife of over 35 years, actress Robin Dearden.
Taylor made her acting debut as a 'Sad Faced Girl' on an episode of her father's hit TV series, though she has made her own way ever since.
After starring in a few short films, she played McKenzie on the web series 10 Ways to Get Rejected, along with Sweet/Vicious and Netflix 's American Vandal.
She has most recently had roles in a pair of Apple TV Plus projects - For All Mankind and The Last Thing She Told Me.
Taylor can currently be seen as Dr. Melissa King on The Pitt, with her father praising his only child during a red carpet appearance at the Tribeca Film Festival (via MSN).
'There is nothing that's more gratifying than when your kid receives praise. Nothing. No one could say anything to me that's better than that,' Cranston said.
'Her mom and I are just over the moon with her her work on it. She's a very hard working person, she grew up in it,' he added.
'So, it's in her bones. She's in it for the right reasons and she loves it,' he said, when he was asked about any advice he may have passed down along the way.
'Because I'm her dad, she picks up advice hopefully by the way I behave in this business and navigate my way through,' Cranston said.
'I don't ever say, "Now, young lady, here's some advice I'm going to give you." Kids don't want to hear that,' he joked.
Dearden could be a candidate to land a Best Supporting Actress nomination when the Emmy nods are revealed next month.
Taylor revealed in an interview with Gold Derby last month that it was, 'really trippy,' to still be filming the show while it was airing, a rarity for most streaming shows.
'We'd get texts from people saying like ah that one thing that happened and I'm like still at work going, 'No I just did something else.'
Her character is neurodivergent second-year resident, and the actress herself is neurodivergent, adding it always 'bugged' her the way these characters are often portrayed.
'There is a show that will not be mentioned that I saw and I was like wow they're really trying to play autism there in a very unflattering light,' Rearden added.
'It's just I think what's frustrating is it is this idea of robots as opposed to humans and people who have a lot of things going on and yeah I mean it tends to be very one note and I'm I'm hoping that I'm doing a good job,' she said.
The Pitt wrapped up its 15-episode first season in April, averaging over 10 million global viewers per episode, with a second season already ordered.
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