Breaking Bad Spinoff, ‘Better Call Saul’ Will Be More Drama, Less Comedy

‘Better Call Saul’ leading actor reveals not watching his acting and what to expect in the Breaking Bad spin-off.

Bob Odenkirk, the star in the Breaking Bad spin-off says the new show, ‘Better Call Saul’ will be more drama and less comedy.

According to a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Odenkirk says to “expect 85 percent drama and 15 percent comedy from AMC’s ‘Breaking Bad’ spin-off’.

Bob Odenkirk says that he has is not interested in watching what he has done. “I really don’t want to know what’s coming later and I don’t look back at what came before,” he said, adding: “I think it’s a perfectly good way to approach acting to not know what the f— is going on.”

But, this is not the first time he admitted to not watching himself on screen. Bryan Cranston called him out for not watching Breaking Bad. 

Bryan Cranston figured that out when Odenkirk employed the wrong tone in a line referring to another character who Saul didn’t like. “That guy’s not your friend, don’t say it like that,” Cranston corrected Odenkirk, adding: “You don’t watch the show, do you?”

But, don’t count Odenkirk out. The actor revealed the differences between being the lead actor and the secondary actor on a TV series and it is something he is taking very seriously.

Playing a lead is different than character acting for Odenkirk in terms of the sorts of decisions he gets to make. For instance, lead characters can make decisions that are motivated by the personality or psychology of the person that aren’t easily justified by the circumstances of the moment. “That doesn’t happen so much with secondary characters because they don’t need to have that depth,” explained Odenkirk, who thinks the secondary character’s main job is to react. “One of the cool things about playing Saul now is that I get to have those moments. I’ve certainly gotten a chance to dig deep in Better Call Saul.”

Better Call Saul will premiere on February 2015 on AMC.

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