--- title: Hotline Bling: Bryan Cranston, Amy Schumer Dramatic Recitation description: Plus: Amy Schumer, Elizabeth Banks and more canonical: https://time.com/4149987/hotline-bling-bryan-cranston-amy-schumer/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-15T20:25:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:27:46.472Z og:title: Bryan Cranston's Dramatic Recitation of 'Hotline Bling' Is Extraordinary og:description: Plus: Amy Schumer, Elizabeth Banks and more og:url: https://time.com/4149987/hotline-bling-bryan-cranston-amy-schumer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bryan Cranston's Dramatic Recitation of 'Hotline Bling' Is Extraordinary twitter:description: Plus: Amy Schumer, Elizabeth Banks and more twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bryan Cranston's Dramatic Version 'Hotline Bling' Is Extraordinary by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 15, 2015 8:25 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 15, 2015 8:25 PM UTC _W Magazine_ managed to round up a whole bunch of your favorite celebrities and then asked them recite their personal interpretations of Drake’s “Hotline Bling.” Some celebs, like Elizabeth Banks, perform it as a rap, while others, like Kristen Wiig, go for a more serious, dramatic monologue. Others, like Brie Larson and Saoirse Ronan, get a bit more dancey with it. The real star of the show is Bryan Cranston, who takes this task very, very seriously. He seems to channel his _Breaking Bad_ character, Walter White, and gets really menacing. Also look out for Amy Schumer, Paul Dano and Seth Rogen. _Read next:_ [_This Video Proves ‘Hotline Bling’s Dance Really Was the Meme of 2015_](http://time.com/4148212/hotline-bling-drake-supercut/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4149987/hotline-bling-bryan-cranston-amy-schumer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4149987/hotline-bling-bryan-cranston-amy-schumer/"},"headline":"Bryan Cranston's Dramatic Version 'Hotline Bling' Is Extraordinary","datePublished":"2015-12-15T20:25:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:46.472Z","description":"Plus: Amy Schumer, Elizabeth Banks and more","url":"https://time.com/4149987/hotline-bling-bryan-cranston-amy-schumer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4149987/hotline-bling-bryan-cranston-amy-schumer/","name":"Bryan Cranston's Dramatic Version 'Hotline Bling' Is Extraordinary"}}]}] ```