Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk is revealing how he survived his near fatal heart attack that he suffered in the summer of 2021.
10.02.2022 - 08:47 / etonline.com
Bob Odenkirk is sharing how scary his on-set heart attack really was, and the role his co-stars played in saving his life.On July 27, the celebrated actor was rushed to the hospital after collapsing on the New Mexico set of his acclaimed drama series. Now, speaking with, Odenkirk, 59.
opened up about the details of his life-threatening medical emergency.«We were shooting a scene, we'd been shooting all day, and luckily I didn't go back to my trailer,» Odenkirk shared in an interview published on Wednesday. Instead, he went to an area near some of his co-workers, and that decision likely made the difference between life and death.«I went to play the Cubs game and ride my workout bike, and I just went down,» Odenkirk said, adding that his co-star, Rhea Seehorn, came to his aid and later told him that he «started turning bluish-gray right away.»Seehorn and co-star Patrick Fabian called for help immediately after Odenkirk fell, and the on-set health safety supervisor and one the assistant directors began performing CPR after calling for medics.They were also required to use an automated defibrillator to correct his pulse, and it took three total shocks to do the trick.
Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk is revealing how he survived his near fatal heart attack that he suffered in the summer of 2021.
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the heart attack he suffered while on set for Better Call Saul last year.On July 28, 2021, the 58-year-old star of the Breaking Bad prequel series collapsed in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His son, Nate Odenkirk, reassured fans the following day that the actor was “going to be okay”.Two days after the incident, Odenkirk, speaking for the first time since the incident, told fans on Twitter that he had suffered “a small heart attack” and would “be back soon”.In a new interview with The Guardian, Odenkirk has reflected on the incident, saying that it has made him realise that he has “to keep going”.“Some people make their way through an experience like that and think: ‘I have to change my life, I have to stop whatever,'” he said.
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Bob Odenkirk needed three defibrillator shocks after suffering a heart attack on set. The 59-year-old actor was shooting his Netflix hit ‘Better Call Saul’ and collapsed when he retreated to an off-set area, as co-star Rhea Seehorn watched him change colour. He said: "We were shooting a scene, we’d been shooting all day, and luckily I didn’t go back to my trailer.
Months 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.”
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Bob Odenkirk revealed it took an automated defibrillator three shocks to get his heart to begin pumping again after he had a heart attack. Odenkirk, 59, opened up about the moment he had his heart attack during a recent interview with The New York Times.The medical emergency occurred while the actor was filming on the set of "Better Call Saul" in July. "We were shooting a scene, we’d been shooting all day, and luckily I didn’t go back to my trailer," Odenkirk told the outlet.
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Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk has no recollection of the heart attack that almost proved fatal last year, but has pieced together an account of what happened on the show’s Albuquerque set from co-stars Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian and other eyewitnesses.