Revealed: The Real Reason These Characters Left Their TV Shows

Raymond Cruz Asked To Be Killed In Breaking Bad

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Raymond Cruz played the psychopathic meth-fueled drug dealer Tuco Salamanca in the AMC hit series Breaking Bad. However, opposite of Tuco, Cruz is a relatively laid back person who actually asked to be killed off from the show. He said he wasn’t looking forward to returning to the show because the part was incredibly hard to play.

This is because Cruz’s character’s energy was violent, uneasy, and through the roof. The showrunners asked if he could do eight more episodes which he declined. When they said they’ve never heard of somebody wanting to be killed off he said they didn’t understand what it took to pull that part off.