Actor Giancarlo Esposito reprises his "Breaking Bad" role as the ruthless, drug-dealing "Los Pollos Hermanos" restaurant owner, 'Gustavo Fring' in "Better Call Saul" Season 3, debuting April 10, 2017 on AMC:
"I know 'Better Call Saul' is a little bit of a different show than 'Breaking Bad' was," said Esposito. "Obviously the opportunity to tell some of the backstory of 'Gus Fring' and how he rose to power and how he came to be, is always something I’ve wanted to explore in a very subtle way in the right venue.
"I do remind myself that I’m not trying to just mimic what I’ve done before but to make it completely new and fresh and alive, and that is the way to discover a whole new entry of playing Gus.
"He is still terrifying, there is no doubt about it. But I think he has an element of being quietly and smoothly manipulating.
"Those characteristics are being developed, and I’m doing everything backwards because of what we’ve already seen in Breaking Bad..."
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