Cranston and O’Hara Turned to Psychedelics Before a Grateful Dead Concert to Get Into Character for ‘The Studio’

Bryan Cranston recently shared a funny story about his first time trying mushrooms while preparing for his role in the Apple TV+ show The Studio.

During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday, Sept. 10, the 69-year-old actor described the experience as both nerve-wracking and anticlimactic.

In The Studio, Cranston plays Continental Studios CEO Griffin Mill, a character who indulges in mushroom chocolates. Cranston, however, had no prior experience with psychedelics. “I’m playing this character who is wiped out and I had never had any experience in that. Not many drugs at all, as a matter of fact, and so I didn’t know really how to behave,” he told Kimmel.