In an excerpt from Alan Sepinwall's new book, 'Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill,' series co-creator Peter Gould talks Odenkirk's health crisis and return.
Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman in the ninth episode of the final season, which marked his return to set after suffering a heart attack.with Saul’s new identity as Gene from Cinnabon? And, most importantly, exactly when, how, and why would Jimmy McGill, a shady but mostly decent attorney, fully transform into the amoral version of Saul Goodman we knew from the previous show?
That was an awful time. Rosa Estrada was our medical advisor, and then she was in charge of all of our Covid stuff. And because she was there, that’s one of the reasons he’s alive today. Obviously, Bob’s health, and the emotional well-being of his family, were all that really mattered at the beginning of this. But once you knew that he was going to live, but not necessarily how fully he would recover, did you, Vince, or anyone else allow yourselves to discuss what you would do if he couldn’t come back? Or if he could come back, but in a very limited way?
Alan, we didn’t change a damn thing. Writing-wise, we didn’t change a thing and we didn’t have to. If we had had something that was physically challenging, we would have had to figure out ways to shoot it so we would use more of a double.From left, Gould, Odenkirk, and Gilligan on set I think we were all exhausted, but sad and happy with what we had done. We all made speeches to the crew. We’re all wearing masks, making speeches with a microphone. They did a fantastic job in that scene. There’s very few words, but they found the beats, and I was so proud of it. I was so excited by what we had done.That didn’t really land for me until much, much later, but there were, along the way, all these little moments, like saying goodbye to Carol Burnett when she left.
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