‘Better Call Saul’ Creators On Bob Odenkirk’s Recovery & Taking Break From ‘Breaking Bad’ Universe; Vince Gilligan’s Next Series “Something Really Different”
08.04.2022 - 09:17
/ deadline.com
There will be no more making meth in the middle of the desert in your underwear, at least for now.
That’s essentially the word from Better Call Saul co-creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould tonight at the show’s season 6A premiere in Hollywood.
For the last few months, Gilligan has been breaking story on a new series, however, he says “I haven’t told my wife about it.”
“It’s something really different,” the 4x Emmy winner says about his new TV series which will definitely be a departure from the crime thriller loaded world of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
“It’s a remake of Trapper John, M.D.” laughed Gilligan. The inside joke there being that he and Gould discussed heavily the spinoffs of M.A.S.H. (including After M.A.S.H.) when creating Better Call Saul. Essentially what you should and should not do when coming off of a hit, cult series.
A grand assumption is that most of the characters we see on Saul, but don’t see on Breaking Bad, i.e. Saul’s girlfriend/attorney Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), drug dealer Nacho Varga (Michael Mando), slithering attorney Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian), and drug lord Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) all have some ill fates in store. But don’t jump to any conclusions said this ensemble by and large tonight.
After creating a strong, complex female protagonist in Wexler, could we possibly see her in her own spin-off? Is there another Breaking Bad movie on the horizon?
”I love these characters, I love this world,” says Gould, “Maybe someday, but personally I’m going to take a little break from that world and try something else, just to prove that I can.”
“I think that’s my answer too, there are stories left to tell, but it’s not proving something to the world, it’s about proving something to