Bob Odenkirk was bankrupt, in a 'financial hole,' before landing 'Breaking Bad' role

Better Call Saul actor said in a recent interview that the incident occurred as he and his then-girlfriend were leaving an improv show in Chicago.He told the Armchair Expert podcast that “somebody pull[ed] a gun” on him and his partner while they were sitting inside a car at around 1am.“It looked like a shitty zip gun,” Odenkirk said. “You know what a zip gun is? It’s kind of a made-up gun. You build it but it’s not made of plastic.

Bob Odenkirk is sharing more details about his near-fatal heart incident that occurred on the set of "Better Call Saul" last year. Odenkirk, 59, opened up about the July 2021 health scare in a sit-down interview with "Today." At the time of the incident, reports said he was rushed to the hospital after experiencing a heart attack. In a sneak-peek clip released from the upcoming TV interview, Odenkirk said doctors have called it a "heart incident." "Hey everybody, I had a heart attack, but if you're a heart doctor, you know I had a heart incident," he says, adding, "I'd love a doctor to explain to me what the difference is." Physicians informed him that his widow-maker artery was "completely blocked," he said.

Nearly eight months after Bob Odenkirk collapsed on the set of Better Call Saul, he reflected on his “heart incident” and his recovery.

set of his AMC show “Better Call Saul.”The 59-year-old actor sat down with NBC “Today” show host Willie Geist to discuss his “shocking” July 2021 health scare in a candid interview set to air Sunday. He explained that doctors clarified he had a “heart incident” and not a heart attack, explaining his “widow-maker artery was completely blocked.“That’s why it’s called the widow-maker, ’cause you die when that happens. But I went down.

In 2013, the end of Walter White in the acclaimed AMC drama “Breaking Bad” arrived. Nine years later, and even before Walter’s story starts, it is the end of the beginning for Jimmy McGill, better known as Saul Goodman.

Wilson Chapman editorAfter six years, Jimmy McGill is on the verge of breaking bad.AMC has released the official trailer for the sixth and final season of “Better Call Saul,” the popular “Breaking Bad” prequel series starring Bob Odenkirk.The show features Odenkirk reprising his role as the fan-favorite “Breaking Bad” character Saul Goodman, a crooked criminal defense attorney. “Better Call Saul” traces the characters beginnings as an earnest public defender named Jimmy McGill, and details his tortured relationship with his brother Chuck (Michael McKean) and how he grew involved in the criminal underworld of Albuquerque, N.M.

Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk has credited his co-star Rhea Seehorn for saving his life following a heart-related medical emergency on set last year. In July 2021, Odenkirk suffered a heart attack while on the set of the Breaking Bad spin-off, and the star was later admitted to hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Shortly after the incident he confirmed that he was doing well and he later returned to set to continue filming in September.

Bob Odenkirk, the experience of having a massive heart attack and almost dying on set is something that will be on his mind to some degree for the foreseeable future. The same goes for his co-star, and the woman who saved his life, Rhea Seehorn.The co-stars walked the red carpet at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on Sunday, and they spoke with ET's Will Marfuggi about Odenkirk's shocking near-death experience.According to the actor, it was actually more frightening for Seehorn than for himself.«She got scared, I wasn't scared.

Bob Odenkirk, the experience of having a massive heart attack and almost dying on set is something that will be on his mind to some degree for the foreseeable future. The same goes for his co-star, and the woman who saved his life, Rhea Seehorn.The co-stars walked the red carpet at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on Sunday, and they spoke with ET's Will Marfuggi about Odenkirk's shocking near-death experience.According to the actor, it was actually more frightening for Seehorn than for himself.«She got scared, I wasn't scared.

Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn joked about his heart attack on stage at the Spirit Awards.

Rolling Stone, the Oscar-winning actress said she never got paid for playing Pete Davidson's mom in the fictionalized version of the comedian's life."I actually just was talking to Pete today, because I was like, 'I never got paid for that. Did you?,'" the "Spider-Man: No Way Home" actress said. "In this age of transparency, can we talk?""But despite that, I had a rollicking good time," Marisa, 57, said, adding that she was initially "intimidated" by Director Judd Apatow's approach to improv, which the film featured much of.

Breaking Bad and his own spinoff Better Call Saul, which has just finished shooting its final season, he certainly has a pretty expensive history in TV. Odenkirk has both written and performed in Saturday Night Live sketches, back when some of the most iconic sketches were debuting on the show.

Howard Stern this week.At the time, Bob was directing projects that "weren't great" and didn't pay well. He admits he lacked creativity and was visionless. Soon, he was in a "financial hole" and taking any gig that he could get his hands on, regardless of pay.His business manager told him, "'Money is money, whatever you can make.

told veteran shock jock Howard Stern on his Sirius XM radio showThe father of two — who is currently promoting his new memoir “Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama” — recounted how “Breaking Bad” was “not a popular show or a big show at the time,” so his agent warned him “don’t say ‘no.’ ” “And I was like, ‘Dude, I haven’t said “no” in a year and a half — but maybe you didn’t notice that,’ ” the former “Mr. Show” star continued.The dramatic series premiered in 2008 on AMC and ended its five-season run in 2013. Before taking on “Breaking Bad,” Odenkirk had been trying his hand at directing, and he was working on several feature film projects that didn’t pan out financially.

Nobody for saving his life after he suffered a heart attack.The actor, who is best known for starring in Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul, had a heart attack in New Mexico last July while shooting the AMC series.Speaking on The Howard Stern Show on Monday (February 28), Odenkirk said he “would have been dead” if it hadn’t been for someone on set starting CPR immediately.The health officer on the series then ran to her car for a defibrillator after around “12 minutes of CPR”, which was used on the actor three times.“Which is actually a lot,” Odenkirk said. “I was told later when the defibrillator doesn’t work once, that’s not good.