Before his breakout role as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad, actor Aaron Paul starred in commercials. One of these, a wacky video for the chewing gum Juicy Fruit, was apparently very lucrative.

Before Aaron Paul hit the big time as Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad, he was a working actor, appearing in the occasional gonzo commercial — like this bizarro Juicy Fruit ad that Conan O'Brien ...

But one commercial floated Paul for a long while. "One of the earliest [commercials] you did that made a big change for you, because you got paid, was an ad for Juicy Fruit gum," host Conan O'Brien ...

When you think of savory power of Juicy Fruit gum, your first thought is ... two years," Paul told the Conan audience. "It's one commercial but there’s no dialogue in it, so they're able to ...