Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte is understood to have signed up for the second celebrity series of The Island with Bear Grylls.

The actor, who suffers from a mild form of cerebral palsy like his character Walt Jr in Breaking Bad, is apparently already filming the survival series in Panama (via The Sun).

The show sees ten celebrities abandoned on an island in Central America and left to face a series of challenges set by Bear.

Channel 4 isn't confirming the lineup currently, but Mitte is reportedly going to be joined by former Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas and Lucy Mecklenburgh of TOWIE – and there are rumours that those two are now dating.

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The Island with Bear Grylls is currently airing its fourth regular series, and this week upset some viewers when Jane Gates was perceived to have 'bullied' cameraman Phil Coates, trying to turn the other contestants against him before eventually getting him booted off the show.

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Taking to Twitter, one viewer wrote: "I love @TheIsland & have watched every series. I don't think I can watch again after tonight. Bullying unacceptable #TheIsland."

Another then posted: "Put me off watching #TheIsland what a bunch of nasty people full of double standards @BearGrylls."

The Island continues next Monday (May 8) at 9pm on Channel 4.


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