Bryan Cranston is opening up about the death of his Breaking Bad co-star RJ Mitte , revealing that the two had been trying to reconnect in the weeks leading up to the actor's passing.

Speaking with the Associated Press on Wednesday (Oct. 21) at the Broadway opening of Billy Crystal's new play 860 in New York City, Cranston reflected on losing Mitte, who portrayed his son, Walter White Jr., throughout the AMC series.

"It's a shame," Cranston said. "You know, it threw me for a loop for several days. I didn't understand it."

The 70-year-old actor explained that he and Mitte had been communicating about meeting up but struggled to coordinate their schedules.

"He and I were trying to find out where we were in. I was in New York, he was in Texas, and I was coming to L.A. We were trying to figure out," Cranston recalled. "And I just wonder if he wanted to talk to me about something. And it's like…34 years old."

Mitte died by suicide on October 12 at his home in Brownsville, Texas.…