Better Call Saul
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Better Call Saul (2015–2022) is an American AMC drama about the life of a small-time lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) seven years before his appearance on Breaking Bad, though events during and after the original series are also explored.
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About Better Call Saul[edit]
- I know people think, “How dare they not call her the lead of Better Call Saul?” or think it’s sexist or it’s politics. It’s nothing of the sort. I chose—and so did all the male supporting actors—from the very beginning to identify as supporting of the Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman/Gene Takovic story. I understand that in the end, I ended up being the woman who had the most screen time of any other woman on the show, and I often had A stories when supporting actors usually have B stories. I could sit there and do the math on the number of hours and say I should be in the lead, or I could say I’m the female lead, but I chose to identify in support of what is ultimately a Saul Goodman origin story. For me, it doesn’t belittle or diminish the work I was doing in any way. I didn’t want to shift it when I started getting more screen time. I’m not ancillary to his story, but I never was, even when I had much less screen time. As we just said, Kim has her own agency. They wrote a character who isn’t just reactionary to Jimmy’s life. People are mistaken if they think that’s what supporting actors mean.
- Rhea Seehorn in “Rhea Seehorn on becoming the beating heart of Better Call Saul” by Saloni Gajjar, AV Club, (August 18, 2022)
Cast[edit]
- Bob Odenkirk - Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill
- Jonathan Banks - Mike Ehrmantraut
- Rhea Seehorn - Kim Wexler
- Patrick Fabian - Howard Hamlin
- Michael Mando - Nacho Varga
- Michael McKean - Charles "Chuck" McGill
- Tony Dalton - Lalo Salamanca
