The 2022 Austin Food And Wine Festival held its three-day event in Austin, Texas over the weekend.
Among the many owners who were on the promotional trail: Breaking Bad stars Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston, who were there on Saturday to showcase their Dos Hombres mezcal.
The two leading Hollywood men met with fans, foodies and mezcal lovers at a booth where they sold bottles of their brand of spirits, signed autographs and snapped photos, and later helped give out free samples to eager taste testers.
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Pitch men: Breaking Bad stars Aaron Paul, 43, and Bryan Cranston, 66, attended the 2022 Austin Food & Wine Festival, where they introduced their Dos Hombres brand of mezcal to adoring fans, which included handing out samples from a truck belonged
Paul, 43, and Cranston, 66, were greeted by a crowd of excited fans as they arrived in an SUV adorned with the Dos Hombres logos.
From there they loaded boxes of dos hombres (two men) and sold bottles during a meet and greet at a stall that drew a long line of people wanting to meet the actors and buy something.
Never shy when it comes to their loyal Breaking Bad fans, the two actors-turned-entrepreneurs also took to the stage and spoke about their relationship, which began with their roles as Walter White (Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Paul) in Breaking Bad began how they ended up doing business together.
They also fielded questions from the audience, who were eager to learn more about their budding friendship.
Promo Mode: The two actors, who formed Dos Hombres in 2019, held a Q-and-A
BTS: The former Breaking Bad co-stars entertained audiences with stories about their time filming on the hit AMC drama series and the history of Dos Hombres.
Yummy: During their time on stage, Paul and Cranston sipped their mezcal with the audience
The day’s events at the festival also included Paul and Cranston jumping into a food truck and personally serving free samples of their mezcal, which was well received by the hungry and thirsty crowd.
After Saturday’s performance, Paul took to his Instagram page and shared a video of the two stars going to one of their meetups and showing off their comedic skills.
In it, Paul struggles to carry four cases of their mezcal while Cranston directs him across a grassy landscape without ever offering to help.
“You want to help,” the Idaho native asks his Dos Hombres partner, who can be seen hurrying closer to him.
Entrepreneurship: The two Hollywood stars starred together on AMC’s Breaking Bad for five seasons (2008-2013) before launching their Mezcal Dos Hombres in 2019
Entertaining: The leading men heated up the crowd while serving samples
‘Yes. Go straight and turn right,” Cranston replies. “You want to take some boxes with you,” Paul asks as his former co-star continues to lead their walk.
At one point, after being asked to help with the boxes again, Cranston gets direct and shoots back, “Not really.”
“It’s friendship, it’s destiny, it’s mezcal,” Paul wrote in the clip’s caption. ‘I love you Austin!’
The Dos Hombres name was formed in 2019, six years after the Breaking Bad series finale, when they describe themselves as “two guys on a quest”.
The Austin Food & Wine Festival, held November 4-6, brought together dozens of companies and their representatives, entrepreneurs and chefs, among others, to meet, greet, eat and drink.
Funny: Paul took to his Instagram page and shared a video of the two stars going to one of their meet and greets, which showcased their comedic skills
Hilarious: Cranston played the director but never offered to help with the cases of mezcal
Skit time: “You want to help,” the Idaho native asks his Dos Hombres partner, who eventually fires back after playing directing, “Not really.”
Great performance: The two stars were greeted by crowds of fans when they arrived at the event
Long line of fans: There was a long line of people wanting to meet the guys and possibly buy a bottle of Dos Hombres
Promotional course: Paul and Cranston chatted to fans, posed for photos and signed autographs throughout the event
Fan-friendly: The Idaho native signed a ton of autographs throughout the festival