'Meliorate Call Saul': Bob Odenkirk Explains "Pitiful every bit Hell" Opening Scene
The star says he would like to explore Saul'south story during the 'Breaking Bad' timeline: "What happens when he shuts the door? What happens when he goes home?"
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[Warning: Spoilers ahead for Sunday's serial premiere of Improve Call Saul, "Uno."]
Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) is back, but he's not the criminal lawyer Breaking Bad fans remember.
The surprising opening sequence, shot in stark black and white, showed Saul living incognito in Omaha, Nebraska — managing a Cinnabon. In a rare silent scene for Saul, he returned home to drink alone and sentry VHS cassettes of his old lawyer ads.
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The show cut to 2002, back when Saul was named Jimmy McGill and was struggling to make ends meet — and definitely didn't have a hand in the criminal underworld. For comparison: When viewers met Saul in Breaking Bad season ii, he cleared more than $50,000 for one day's piece of work. In the Saul premiere, he fabricated $700.
In a chat with The Hollywood Reporter, Odenkirk shares his thoughts on that Cinnabon scene and the possibilities of exploring Saul's post-Breaking Bad time to come.
For more, bank check out THR's chat with creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould.
Are their opportunities to come across more than of Saul in Nebraska?
I retrieve it could happen. I do. I've told Vince [Gilligan] and Peter [Gould] this. I love seeing him before, I'd love seeing him during. Saul is a facade. Saul Goodman is not his proper noun. That's a facade of an office. What happens when he shuts the door? What happens when he goes home? What happens when he'south offstage as Saul in his life? I'grand curious what happens afterwards.
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What did y'all think well-nigh Vince and Peter deciding to open the serial with the Nebraska scenes?
Strong choices, and lamentable as hell. Vince saw he had a slap-up bargain of opportunity and leeway and trust and he's taking that trust, going as far out on a limb equally he tin and trying to deliver on it.
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Why isn't Jimmy successful when this serial begins?
He's a foursquare peg in a round hole. He needs to discover a foursquare hole. He'southward not in the right identify. He'due south non beingness given the opportunity to be all that he tin be.
Do y'all find that to be a relatable problem?
Information technology's a existent affair. Why didn't I practise parts like this x years ago? I auditioned for a few of them, not many. I didn't pursue it. The fact is until someone gave me the adventure, I couldn't evidence what I could do. Whatsoever skills I had or accept, I couldn't show them.
Nosotros know Jimmy eventually does become a success. What is that journey for him?
Jimmy McGill is not being given a chance to show what he can do. He'southward trying to guess how much of this is him, how much is the world. He'due south asking, "Where practice I vest?" It'southward a journey most people go through. Very few people come out of college, know exactly what they want to exist, fit correct in, shoot straight to the top. A few do. God bless 'em. The residual of usa muddle effectually, get our donkey kicked.
Better Call Saul'due south two-dark premiere continues on AMC on Monday, 10 p.m. Stay tuned to The Live Feed following Mon's episode for more than from Odenkirk, Gilligan and Gould.
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