--- title: Prom Proposal Idea Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad Helps Teen Ask Girl description: Best prom proposal ever canonical: https://time.com/61956/bryan-cranston-prom-proposal/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-14T18:43:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:46.910Z og:title: Watch Bryan Cranston Help This Teen Get a Prom Date og:description: Best prom proposal ever og:url: https://time.com/61956/bryan-cranston-prom-proposal/ 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: Watch Bryan Cranston Help This Teen Get a Prom Date twitter:description: Best prom proposal ever twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Bryan Cranston Help This Teen Ask a Girl to Prom by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 14, 2014 6:43 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 14, 2014 6:43 PM UTC Bryan Cranston may be [the one who knocks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMEq1mGpP5A), but he is also the one who makes a mean prom invitation. When teen Stefan Montana ran into Cranston, he didn’t waste his opportunity and merely ask the _Breaking Bad_ star for a measly autograph to impress his friends and/or sell on eBay. Instead, Montana enlisted the actor to help in what would be the ultimate prom-posal for a _Breaking Bad_ fan. The teen asked the actor to briefly reprise his role as Walter White and make his dream date an offer she couldn’t refuse, by warning her to [“tread lightly”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10czUKzpbgg) if she dare say no to the invitation. Obviously she said yes. Watch above and here’s another angle on the action: \[Via [Neatorama](http://www.neatorama.com/2014/04/12/Bryan-Cranston-Helps-Stefan-Get-a-Date/#!D27Xr)\] **MORE**: [Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston to Unveil ‘Secrets and Lies’ in Book](http://time.com/49521/breaking-bad-cranston-memoir/) **MORE**: [California Teen Reportedly Sold Pot Brownies to Raise Money for Her Prom Dress](http://time.com/57491/california-teen-reportedly-sold-pot-brownies-to-raise-money-for-her-prom-dress/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/61956/bryan-cranston-prom-proposal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/61956/bryan-cranston-prom-proposal/"},"headline":"Watch Bryan Cranston Help This Teen Ask a Girl to Prom","datePublished":"2014-04-14T18:43:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:46.910Z","description":"Best prom proposal ever","url":"https://time.com/61956/bryan-cranston-prom-proposal/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","nation","celebrity","Bryan Cranston","Prom"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"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/61956/bryan-cranston-prom-proposal/","name":"Watch Bryan Cranston Help This Teen Ask a Girl to Prom"}}]}] ```