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TIL that in 2014 a Spanish-language version of “Breaking Bad” called “Metastasis” was created with the same premise but happening in Bogota, Colombia. Instead of Walter White, the protagonist was Walter Blanco, played by Colombian actor Diego Trujillo.

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