{"id":945930,"date":"2026-05-08T11:09:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/945930\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:09:35","slug":"post-your-questions-for-better-call-saul-star-bob-odenkirk-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/945930\/","title":{"rendered":"Post your questions for Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk | Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob Odenkirk has achieved one of the more improbable small-to-big screen transitions in recent years. He was only meant to stick around for four episodes as shady lawyer Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad. Instead, creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould liked what they saw and he became a series regular \u2013 and, after that, the unlikely centre of Better Call Saul<\/a>, widely regarded as one of the finest spin-offs ever made.<\/p>\n

In 2021, he then popped up as a mild-mannered family man turned bone-crunching action hero in Nobody, a role for which he buffed up for two years. Released during Covid, Nobody was unexpectedly successful, leading to a sequel. Now he\u2019s testing his knack for making deeply questionable characters oddly endearing by playing a dodgy small-town sheriff in Ben Wheatley\u2019s new film, Normal, alongside Henry Winkler as the town mayor.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Odenkirk actually started out as a writer, honing his comic instincts on Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O\u2019Brien and The Ben Stiller Show, while quietly building an acting CV. He began in bit parts, playing Concert Nerd in Wayne\u2019s World, Bookstore Man in The Truth About Cats & Dogs and Dog Groupie in Dr Dolittle 2, and popped up on TV in everything from Roseanne to Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development and The American Office. He also had a recurring role in The Larry Sanders Show as Larry\u2019s agent. Alongside David Cross, he co-created and starred in the cult sketch series Mr Show, which ran on HBO from 1995 to 1998, helping to redefine alt-comedy on US TV.<\/p>\n

Now firmly established as a leading man \u2013 albeit an unconventional one \u2013 Odenkirk continues to toggle between comedy and drama, sometimes within the same scene. He played the US president in romantic comedy Long Shot with Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron, a kindly father in Greta Gerwig\u2019s Little Women and, more recently, a conniving boyfriend in The Bear. He\u2019s also \u2013 bizarrely \u2013 an 11th cousin to King Charles. Whether that means we have to curtsey when we meet him, we don\u2019t yet know.<\/p>\n

Bob\u2019s here to answer your questions on everything from squat cobblers to Chicago sunroofs, so post them by 6pm Monday 11 April, and we\u2019ll print his answers shortly after as part of our reader interview series.<\/p>\n

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