Bob Odenkirk Needed 3 Defibrillator Shocks To Get His Pulse Back After Heart Attack
hollywoodlife.comMonths after his near-fatal heart attack, Bob Odenkirk is reflecting on that day he had to piece together after the fact and the Better Call Saul cast and crew who saved his life. “We were shooting a scene, we’d been shooting all day, and luckily I didn’t go back to my trailer,” he told the New York Times in a new interview.
The actor shared that he instead went to a place nearby the set where he liked to sit with his co-stars Rhea Seehorn and Patrick Fabian. “I went to play the Cubs game and ride my workout bike, and I just went down.” He added, “Rhea said I started turning bluish-gray right away.” The actor, 59, noted that he knew “since 2018” that there was “plaque buildup” in his heart, but he didn’t have a clear direction from his doctors on what to do. “I went to two heart doctors at Cedars-Sinai, and I had dye and an M.R.I.
and all that stuff, and the doctors disagreed” on a treatment plan. One doctor said he should start medication while another one said he could wait.
Bob ultimately went with the latter option. Bob then clarified that “one of those pieces of plaque broke up,” which caused his heart attack.
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