"Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan has confirmed that a prominent "Breaking Bad" character who died in the series, will be brought back for the prequel spin-off TV series "Better Call Saul", starring Bob Odenkirk:
"The character that springs to mind would be 'Mike Ehrmantraut' (Jonathan Banks)," said Gilligan about the "Breaking Bad" professional 'fixer' character."That would be a great deal of fun. I would say the sky’s the limit, at least theoretically speaking."
As for the development of the 'Saul Goodman' character, "Nothing is written in stone yet," said Gilligan. "We’re still figuring it out, but the thing we realize is tricky with the character is that 'Saul Goodman' is very comfortable in his own skin. He seems to be a character who is pretty happy with himself, especially when we first meet him.
"He seems to be a pretty happy-go-lucky guy, and that makes him everything that 'Walter White' is not. And that also makes for tricky drama. When I say drama, even in a comedy, you want drama, you want tension and conflict, and a character that at heart seems at peace with himself is intrinsically undramatic...So we’ve been thinking about how to address that issue."
"Better Call Saul" will tell the story of mall-based Irish super lawyer 'Saul Goodman' in the years before he became the attorney for 'Walter White'. From parking tickets to murder, from slip-and-fall to bond fraud, Saul handles it all.
"Breaking Bad," concluded on AMC September 2013, following 'Walter White' (Bryan Cranston), a chemistry teacher diagnosed with a terminal illness, who turns to making methamphetamine to support his family, ending up as a ruthless drug lord. The series won ten Primetime Emmy Awards, including 'Outstanding Drama Series' in 2013.
"Why not shoot 'Saul' in the same way?'" said creator Gilligan. "Let’s shoot it in Albuquerque, let’s get as much of the crew back together as possible, and let’s do it the way we did it before so that it will be of a piece with that pre-existing fictional universe that we had so much fun creating..."
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