Bob Odenkirk says Better Call Saul 'heart incident' could have been fatal

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Bob Odenkirk delved into his heart scare on the set of his acclaimed series Better Caul Saul on Tuesday's Today Show.The 59-year-old actor revealed just how dire his condition could have been if he had made slightly different choices on July 27, 2021, when he collapsed after suffering a 'heart incident.'According to sketch comedy legend, he was only alive because he stayed in an area with other actors on a break in filming, instead of going back to his trailer.

NBCUniversal Privacy Policy Scary: Bob Odenkirk, 59, admitted on Today on Tuesday that his July 2021 'heart incident' would have been fatal if he hadn't stayed in an area with other actors while filming Better Call SaulHoda Kotb prompted Odenkirk to delve into how serious his condition had been when she asked where he had collapsed during filming.He explained that he had just finished shooting a scene for Better Call Saul, but he opted to remain with other actors during their break instead of going off to his own trailer, where he wouldn't have been seen when he collapsed. 'We had gone off to our waiting area, and luckily I stayed in the area with the other actors, because if I'd gone to my trailer I wouldn't be here now,' he admitted to Kotb's shocked murmurs.'So I went down and they set up the alarm and people came out,' he continued, citing the show's health officer Rosa Estrada as one of the people responsible for saving him.He said she started to administer CPR and 'saved' his life because of it.

What might have been: 'We had gone off to our waiting area, and luckily I stayed in the area with the other actors, because if I'd gone to my trailer I wouldn't be here now,' he admitted to Hoda Kotb; still from Better Call Saul In the nick of time: 'So I went down.