Anna Gunn plays the wife of a drug lord on `` Breaking Bad . " We made the assumption that we did not have a particularly happy or easy childhood , and that led to the two of us sticking together , because they 're very close . The show is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and stars Bryan Cranston as Walter White, an Albuquerque police detective who becomes addicted to methamphetamine after his wife, Skyler, dies from overdose. The actress says some scenes can be emotionally taxing .
Anna Gunn plays the wife of a drug lord on `` Breaking Bad . " The show is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and stars Bryan Cranston as Walter White, an Albuquerque police detective who becomes addicted to methamphetamine after his wife, Skyler, dies from overdose. The actress says some scenes can be emotionally taxing .