‘Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk On Working With “Legend” Carol Burnett & Reexamining ‘Breaking Bad’ After Viewing Prequel – Contenders TV
deadline.comIn a virtual appearance today at Deadline’s Contenders TV, Better Call Saul‘s Bob Odenkirk reflected on the opportunity he had to work with screen legend Carol Burnett over the course of the Breaking Bad prequel’s final season. “She’s just a great actress — completely connected, completely grounded, utterly with it.
With somebody who’s a legend like that, someone who’s older, you worry if you’re going to have to work around them a little — and not at all,” the two-time Emmy winner shared. “She was utterly present, ready to rip it up.
She knew her lines, she knew her part so well…It was a beautiful performance. She must get nominated now, come on.” RELATED: Deadline Contenders Television 2023 Arrivals & Panels Gallery Burnett’s character, Marion, is a native of Omaha, Nebraska, who meets the man we’ve known as both Slippin’ Jimmy McGill and Saul Goodman, while he’s living on the run and in disguise, using the alias Gene Takovic.
While the pair at the start of Season 6 share a sweet moment or two, Marion eventually comes to suspect that something about Gene is not quite right. RELATED: The Contenders TV – Deadline’s Full Coverage Odenkirk was joined for today’s conversation on the 46x Emmy-nominated series by his co-star Rhea Seehorn, who appeared virtually, as well as co-creator, showrunner and executive producer Peter Gould, who joined moderator Dominic Patten in person at the DGA Theater.
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