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Breaking Bad Star Hopes Powell's Books is Still Open

The New York Times Book Review seems to have run out of authors to interview in its weekly question-and-answer session. So this week, the paper turned to Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston. 

In the interview, Cranston, who played the meth-dealing former high school chemistry teacher Walter White in the recently completed series,  gave a response that should make bookseller Michael Powell happy, although it would have been better for the store if Cranston had been more definitive about Powell's being very much a going concern.

Here's what the actor said:

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