Aaron Paul got teary-eyed over final ‘Breaking Bad’ script

Aaron Paul treaded lightly when it came to reading the final “Breaking Bad� script.

“It was sitting in my place for probably three or four days,� he said Wednesday during a live Web chat with The Times. “I just kept staring at it because, you know, once you read it, that’s it. There’s no more to read.�

Paul, who stars in AMC’s hit dark drama as Jesse Pinkman, the punk drug dealer with a conscience, knew turning the pages was an inevitable task. And it was one he took on with his partner-in-crime, Bryan Cranston, the man who knocks as chemistry teacher-turned-meth lord Walter White (a.k.a. Heisenberg).

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The two read the final script at Cranston’s home, which was filmed for a documentary that will be included when the box set of the series is released.

“I don’t want to give anything away,� Paul said. “We read it out loud ... we read the teaser to ourselves. The plan was ‘start now and then after we read the teaser we’ll talk about it.’ �

After they read the teasers to themselves, Paul recalled looking straight at Cranston.

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“It’s just so crazy what happens,� he said. “We start talking about it. We read the whole thing playing different characters.� (He didn’t want to divulge whose parts he read so as not to give away who has survived -- even cautioning, “Who’s to say even Jesse is still around?�)

And then, the end.

“At the end, Bryan read the line: ‘end of series.’ We just looked at each other for, no joke, probably 10 or 15 seconds with tears in our eyes, not wanting to believe it’s done.�

The chat wasn’t a total sob fest -- how could it be with the “yo, yo, yo� master? Click on the video above to hear what Paul had to say about ending the series; which episode is his favorite; who’s a better director Luke Perry (“Beverly Hills, 90210�) or Cranston; and hear what he thinks Jesse Pinkman’s voicemail might sound like now -- but that gets back to the depressing.

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