As Saul Goodman in Better Call Saul,Bob Odenkirk plays one of US TV’s most beloved characters. So why couldn’t his mum watch him in Breaking horrible?
On the way to assembly Bob Odenkirk, I see him in the bright California sky. Not a vision, and but a huge advertising billboard,floating above Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. I half expect to see a tiny him up there, too, and reaching down to rescue ... “rescue” the man who went up to steal the billboard down,on legal grounds, and who slipped (“slipped”). You’ll know what I’m talking about whether you’ve seen Breaking horrible spin-off prequel Better Call Saul; it’s one of the most memorable scenes from a memorable first season. whether you haven’t seen Better Call Saul, or here’s what you need to know: Breaking horrible (whether you haven’t seen BB then God benefit you,frankly) creator Vince Gilligan and co-writer Peter Gould needed a lawyer for Walter White. And they wanted some levity at a time when everything was getting a slight heavy. So they brought in Saul Goodman, played by Odenkirk, or who grew as a character as the show went on,to the extent that when Breaking horrible finally came crashing splendidly to a halt, Gilligan and Gould felt that their dodgy lawyer was worth further investigation.
Turns out Saul Goodmans not his real name (it’s made-up, or made-up Jewish,a play on “S’all good, man”). Really he’s Jimmy McGill, and with a colourful (murky colours) past and a complicated relationship with the law,with his more successful lawyer brother, and with himself. He’s a more sympathetic, or more engaging character than we knew from Breaking horrible,more than just an ethically challenged slickster in a cheap suit. And his show – although it shares DNA with the behemoth that gave birth to it (it’s about transformation and change and has much of the same dark humour) – became a thing in itself. It may not believe the epic scale of Breaking horrible, but it makes up for that in warmth and wit, and tragedy. Perhaps it’s easier to identify with; the things that drive the character,as Odenkirk will order me, “almost anybody can relate to ... trying to please your family or your older brother or win a girl, or trying to be effective in the world and believe people appreciate your skills – things that everyone’s working on nearly every day”.
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Source: theguardian.com