In sense a great disturbance in the force. Like millions of AMC+ subscriptions cried out in pain and were suddenly silenced.
Better Call Saul, the TV series
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Giancarlo Esposito would love to make a prequel about Gus' time in Chile.
"I've always kept these [Breaking Bad] pillars in my head, as much as I've wanted so much as an actor to explore Gus's previous life — Gus' life in Chile, all these things," he says. So now, even though his two-show ride as Gus is over, "there is a yearning inside me, and I keep coming back to the Rise of Gus," the actor shares. "It fits the puzzle, and we could see where he had come from and maybe explore more of who he really is underneath the mask. [Gould and Gilligan] have exactly said that — it's not over till it's over, and you never know. I totally believe that they should take a break. It's an intense world to live in for a while. And they both have skills in other areas and should tell those stories too. But I'm not averse to one day coming back to him. I just hope if that is supposed to happen, that it's sometime before I'm 90."
That'd be a great story to tell, but at his age he'd have to use deaging tech.
I have no interest in seeing a gus backstory or anyone else's backstory.
I feel its been wrapped up nicely and no further spin offs or stories need to be told.
I feel its been wrapped up nicely and no further spin offs or stories need to be told.
I would do the Gus prequel as a movie. Personally I think it would be more fun to do a story about staff of his Los Pollos Hermanos Chicken joint and even though we know he has this criminal stuff with drugs going on we only get small glimpses of that because the show is being told from the POV of the employees. Mostly when we see him it's just as the boss and also important man of community which we saw on Breaking Bad.
Yep. Movie or mini-series. A long, drawn-out multi-season series might be a bit much.
I agree a mini-series might be the best route if Giancarlo Esposito is to reprise the role, which I don't have a problem with. Considering the returns of Jesse Plemons and Aaron Paul, or even Bob Odenkirk and Esposito himself, the show doesn't worry too much about appearances not matching up and I'm fine with that.
Now if they cast a younger actor actor to play Gus with Esposito narrating or something, then I could see a full series working.
Now if they cast a younger actor actor to play Gus with Esposito narrating or something, then I could see a full series working.
Since I’m bad at making memes: Imagine the Steve Buscemi meme with Giancarlo Esposito’s head saying “Greetings fellow Chilean youths”.
Also wouldn’t everyone be speaking Spanish?
Also wouldn’t everyone be speaking Spanish?
Didn't stop characters in various tv shows and movies speaking English in places where they shouldn't be speaking English....including alien worlds where nobody had heard of Earth....
That hasn’t been the case in this universe. It’s been a universe with no dreams, no ghost conversations, and only showing matter of fact events, without needing a layer of cinematic abstraction.
They do often speak Spanish when there isn't an English speaker in the conversation. They do that thing where they speak a few sentences in Spanish then find some reason to switch to English.
It just wouldn't feel right in the Breaking Bad universe to go full Schindler's List.
Might as well go to bed already: Rhea Seehorn lost. 
But at least it was to Julia Garner.
But at least it was to Julia Garner.
Yeah, I saw that depressing factoid the morning after. Disgraceful.
We won't be getting anymore of the Albuquerqueverse anytime soon, but it was announced today that Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn will be working together again for a new Apple+ show!
I finished BCS tonight after spending a month+ rewatching Seasons 1-4 and then watching 5 and 6. That was a great series, but I think I will always remember the scene where Kim is sobbing on the bus as the stand out scene of the series for me. Kim became my favorite character on this series, and just as she saved Jimmy from Lalo, I loved that Jimmy saved her and let her be a Lawyer again. Whatever Gilligan and Seehorn have down the pipe I will watch it. I might even watch Odenkirk's new show next year too. Still, in the last two years I watched the Breaking Bad Universe and I'm glad I did. That's a franchise done extremely well.