Bob Odenkirk Shares Funny Anecdote With Bryan Cranston After Major “Breaking Bad” Confusion

Bob Odenkirk admitted to feeling like a “guest” on the AMC hit series Breaking Bad, despite portraying the super popular character Saul Goodman. The 61-year-old also confessed to never having watched the trendy show before being cast as the well-appreciated lawyer with questionable ethics.

Speaking about the series’ cast on Wednesday (February 28) Bob told Jimmy Kimmel: “They were very good people to include me because I really was popping in.

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Bob Odenkirk felt like a "guest" on Breaking Bad, despite playing Saul Goodman.
Bob had not watched Breaking Bad before being cast as Saul Goodman.
He jokingly hoped a public apology would grant him "complete immunity from any and all crimes" after dropping the F-bomb at the SAG awards.

“I felt very much like a guest in their company.”

Surprised by this confession, Jimmy asked the actor, who has received six nominations for his role in Breaking Bad’s spin-off, Better Call Saul: “Did you always?”

“Maybe toward the end, I felt more part of the show,” Bob replied. He added: “But the truth is they established that show and everything about it, the tone and the integrity of the work before I ever showed up.”

Bob Odenkirk admitted to feeling like a “guest” on Breaking Bad, despite portraying the super popular character Saul Goodman

Bob Odenkirk Shares Funny Anecdote With Bryan Cranston After Major “Breaking Bad” Confusion

Image credits: Jimmy Kimmel Live

Bob Odenkirk Shares Funny Anecdote With Bryan Cranston After Major “Breaking Bad” Confusion

Image credits: Jimmy Kimmel Live

Bob joined Breaking Bad in its second season, back in 2009. As a result, Bob admitted to Jimmy that he hadn’t seen the Emmy-winning show before being cast, and recalled trying to discuss the show with Bryan Cranston, who played the main character Walter White.

Bob said: “Bryan was talking about a scene he was doing.

“And I’m like, ‘Yeah, but your character and Gus are friends, right?’”

“[Bryan] looked at me — this was the third season — and he goes, ‘You’ve never watched the show, have you?’ I just laughed.”

Bob joined Breaking Bad in its second season, back in 2009

Bob Odenkirk Shares Funny Anecdote With Bryan Cranston After Major “Breaking Bad” Confusion

Image credits: Jimmy Kimmel Live

The former Saturday Night Live writer also hilariously took a moment on his recent appearance on the late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! to apologize for dropping an F-bomb at the SAG Awards last Saturday (February 24), where he took part in the Breaking Bad reunion.

Bob comically read from a prepared sheet of paper: “Hello, America. The other night at the SAG Awards, as part of a great reunion of the ‘Breaking Bad’ cast, I, Bob Odenkirk, besmirched the evening’s abundant pleasantries by saying ‘the F.’

“I implore your ears to forget what they heard my mouth say, and I only hope that no other person ever again utters that word ever.

“Don’t go down the dark road I’ve gone down.”

Bob received six nominations for his role in Breaking Bad’s spin-off, Better Call Saul

Bob Odenkirk Shares Funny Anecdote With Bryan Cranston After Major “Breaking Bad” Confusion

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The actor concluded: “Finally, I hope that this apology, spoken live on television, gives me complete immunity from any and all crimes from here forward.

“And I thank the Supreme Court. You guys are awesome.

“It’s impossible to do the work of being a celebrity without total immunity, you understand?”

Despite jokingly avoiding serious accusations of any kind, the actor has proven to be quite vocal and public about his beliefs in real life.

“Maybe toward the end, I felt more part of the show,” Bob admitted on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Bob Odenkirk Shares Funny Anecdote With Bryan Cranston After Major “Breaking Bad” Confusion

Image credits: Rotten Tomatoes TV

You can watch Bob’s segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live! below:

Last year, the Hollywood star stood in solitary with the approximate 160,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation who were on strike for a total of 118 days, fighting for better pay and working conditions.

In July 2023, the SAG-AFRA union posted on their TikTok page a video of the actor in the picket lines proudly announcing himself as a union member “since 1988”.

“We have to do what is right,” he said at the time.

More recently, Bob was amongst the handful of actors and show-biz executives to sign an open letter to US President Joe Biden, thanking him for his “leadership” in Palestine’s genocide.

The letter, which was released on October 24, 2023, was signed by Amy Schumer, Sacha Baron Cohen, Chris Rock, Gwyneth Paltrow, Katy Perry, Bradley Cooper, Justin Timberlake and more.

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Bob Odenkirk Shares Funny Anecdote With Bryan Cranston After Major “Breaking Bad” Confusion

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Farnzy 8 months ago

Seriously everything this man's involved in is gold

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iseefractals 8 months ago

That letter was signed by nearly 130 celebrities, not "a handful" and expressed relief and gratitude over the return of hostages taken by Hamas, a terrorist group which has repeatedly stated that it's singular goal is the eradication of Israel and every single person living there. Hamas has been inciting violence for decades, murdering men, women and children, in between raping and kidnapping, with a steadfast refusal to come to any agreement, or compromise.

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KasperKarl 8 months ago

Please, provide evidence of Hamas’ “crimes” in the form of video and pictures that are just as numerous as the number of pictures, videos, testimonies from civilians, governments, NGOs, journalists of the genocide being committed right now. 30 thousand deaths in 4 months. Just this week included a massacre killing over 100 Palestinians lining up for food in a refugee camp, IDF shot them one by one. Even CNN and western media reported this. Please provide the evidence that there isn’t a genocide.

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