The popular Breaking Bad prequel series is entering its end game
Hot off a lead actor Emmy nomination yesterday for his role in Netflix hit Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk has opened up about his recent heart attack which happened in July 2021 whilst filming the series’ final outing.
Odenkirk, 59, received his fifth Emmy nomination in the show’s six series on Wednesday 13 July – but just over a year ago, his future was uncertain.
Whilst filming the final batch of episodes for his Breaking Bad prequel series Better Call Saul, which chronicles how his fast-talking con man Jimmy McGill becomes meth kingpin Walter White’s personal lawyer Saul Goodman, Odenkirk collapsed on set after suffering a heart attack.
Thankfully, assistance was nearby and the star was able to recover and complete filming after a few weeks of recouperation, with the sixth and final series debuting earlier this year.
Part two of series six returned earlier this week – and after a period of fans no-doubt scrutinising each scene in an attempt to figure out which sequence featured Odenkirk’s collapse, the star has now come out and revealed that the show’s next episode will include the very sequence where his heart attack occurred.
“Next week is the scene where I have the heart attack. And probably about three quarters of the scene was shot before I had the heart attack, the day of the heart attack, and then the other quarter scene was after,” he told The Hollywood Reporter during a recent interview.
“The strangest thing about it is that I really have no memory of that day,” he continued.
“I’m really watching something that I don’t have any memory of acting in, which is a rare thing. I mean, usually you watch some, and you have some recall of that even if it was shot months ago. But in this case, it’s such a complete blank. It’s very strange. I gotta tell you, it’s a weird thing to have lost basically about a week and a half. Clean, just clean, clean nothing. That’s a strange experience anyway. Otherwise, I’m fine.”
In his recent memoir, Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Odenkirk suggested that the intense training regiment that he underwent in preparation for his 2021 action flick Nobody may have helped him survive his heart incident thanks to his increased exercise schedule.
However the medical emergency of course required him to hit pause on Saul‘s production for a short period of time.
“I didn’t go back to shoot for five weeks. I had a five-week break to recover. And then when I went back, we limited our shooting to 12-hour days… And so they took care of me and I was able to do it, and hopefully you can’t tell when I had the heart attack and when I didn’t.”
Cut to today and the comedy-star-turned-drama-icon is thankfully still in great shape and feels fighting fit.
“I feel very good. I’m in great shape. I’m gonna go to a workout right now!” he said, detailing his healthy plans following his call with The Hollywood Reporter.
Related links:
- Albuquerque is finally erecting statues of Breaking Bad’s Walter White and Jesse Pinkman
- Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul to guest star in Better Call Saul’s final season
- Bob Odenkirk hospitalised after collapsing on ‘Better Call Saul’ set
