Invincible Season 3 has finally premiered on the 2025 TV schedule, with the first three episodes becoming available for Prime Video subscription holders to stream, and five more on the way. Among the lineup of new talent on board for the new season are Breaking Bad alums Aaron Paul and Jonathan Banks, with the former voicing Powerplex and the latter’s role still officially being a secret (though it’s speculated he’s voicing Conquest). As it turns out though, Bryan Cranston, their co-star from the popular AMC series, has repeatedly turned down playing a role on Invincible, though my fingers are crossed this changes at some point.
Robert Kirkman, who wrote both the original Invincible comic books series and created the TV show, identified Bryan Cranston as the man who’s declined on several occasions the opportunity to lend his talents to one of the best Amazon Prime Video shows to binge watch. He told DiscussingFilm:
Sometimes an actor is brought up for a role, and I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, never in a million years would have I thought of that.’ That’s when it’s really exciting. As far as dream casting goes, I think we offer Bryan Cranston a role every season. That has become our tradition, and his tradition is that he turns us down (laughs). But we’re coming for you again, Bryan, and we’ll see what happens next time. Fingers crossed! Literally, Bryan Cranston is the only actor that has turned us down.
