The Writer's Guild Awards were held on February 15th, and all your favorite Hollywood scribes came together to give awards for the best writing in TV and movies this past year. During the event, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan received the WGA honorary Paddy Chayefsky Laurel For Television Writing Achievement, and in his speech, he took on the current climate in the world. While being known for creating one of the greatest antagonists in TV history, in Walter White, Gilligan asked people to focus on heroes right now. He said, “We are living in an era where bad guys, the real-life kind, are running the market. Bad guys who make their own rules. Bad guys who, no matter what they tell you, are only out for themselves. Who am I talking about? Well, this is Hollywood, so guess,” He said. “But here’s the weird irony in our profoundly divided country, everybody seems to agree on one thing; there are too many real-life bad guys. It’s just we’re living in different realities, so we’ve all got different lists.” In that sentiment, he also included a call to action for writers. Gilligan continued, “As a writer speaking to a room full of writers, I have a proposal. It certainly won’t fix everything, but maybe it’s a start. I say we write more good guys. For decades, we’ve made the villains too sexy. I really think that when we create characters as indelible as Michael Corleone, Hannibal Lecter, Darth...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 17 February, 2025