In 2016, the era of Breaking Bad was over, but the friendship between superstars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul was far from it. In fact, the two had started to muse on ideas for businesses, knowing that they wouldn’t be able to share the screen together for quite some time. Over sushi in New York City, they decided that mezcal would be it, and booked their first trip to Oaxaca Mexico to search for producers.