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Here's why 'Breaking Bad' creator Vince Gilligan loves Warren Buffett

Here's why 'Breaking Bad' creator Vince Gilligan loves Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett is a big fan of the wildly popular AMC series, “Breaking Bad,” calling the show’s creator, Vince Gilligan, “a genius.”

This seemingly unlikely friendship between the Oracle of Omaha and the Hollywood bigwig began in 2013, when Buffett asked Gilligan if he would create a mini-movie to be shown at Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholder meeting in Omaha. The film starred Buffett alongside the cast of “Breaking Bad.”

“I was blown away,” says Gilligan, on learning of Buffett’s love for the show. “It was astounding and unbelievably flattering.” And the rest, as they say, is history.

Buffett has even tweeted about his love of the show. That’s pretty impressive since Buffett has only tweeted 8 times since joining Twitter four years ago. Only Buffett can tweet so little and still amass 1.15 million followers.

“I love Omaha and I love Warren Buffett,” Gilligan told Yahoo Finance, while attending his fourth Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting. He says he’ll keep coming to the meeting as long as Buffett keeps inviting him.

“Breaking Bad” may have wrapped in 2013, but Buffett is also a fan of Gilligan’s current series “Better Call Saul.” Buffett visited the set of the “Breaking Bad” prequel last year, in which he posed for a photo draped in character Chuck McGill’s famous “space blanket.”

Gilligan admits he doesn’t know much about the stock market and though he has the ear of one of the greatest investors of our time, he hasn’t tried to glean any investing knowledge from Buffett.

“I love spending time with him,” Gilligan says, "because I love how much he loves life. He’s a self-made man and he worked hard to get what he got, and yet he’s very humble about it. “

So, would Gilligan want Buffett to appear in “Better Call Saul”? “In a minute,” Gilligan shot back.

I think they’re ready for your close up, Mr. Buffett.

Click here to view a full replay of the 2016 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting, which Yahoo Finance live-streamed exclusively. At this page you can also find our extensive coverage of the event.

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