Bob Odenkirk still finding his way on Better Call Saul

After decades of bit-parts finally led to Breaking Bad, the man we love as Saul is still amazed at the popularity of his new show, writes Ed Power

BOB ODENKIRK is still finding his way. Six months ago, he was a well-regarded comedian and sometime character actor in Breaking Bad. Now, with a starring role in the bleak, funny spin-off, Better Call Saul, his face is everywhere. It’s strange for Odenkirk to think of himself as famous. Strange and a little terrifying.

“It’s weird, just totally weird,” he says, during an interview with the Irish Examiner. “I mean, I should have assumed it would happen. Four weeks ago, I was driving through Los Angles, and saw huge billboards for the show — I mean, really huge, ten-storey things. It should have struck me: ‘A lot of people are going to potentially watch this’. But it didn’t.”