Better Call Saul's Jonathan Banks Reflects On His Time Playing Mike Ehrmantraut
Not many actors can say that they got to play the same character on two different shows, but Jonathan Banks can, and now he's reflecting on his time playing Mike Ehrmantraut in Better Call Saul andBreaking Bad.
From 2009 to 2022, Banks played Mike Ehrmantraut in Breaking Badand Better Call Saul. While he was more of a complementary character and fan favorite on Breaking Bad, Ehrmantraut was part of the main cast in Better Call Saul, where his story was expanded on a lot more. Having played the character for over a decade, Banks talked about what it was like to play one of the Breaking Bad universe's more tragic characters.
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Banks reflected on what it was like to play the elderly hitman Ehrmantraut on both shows. Banks takes great pride in playing Ehrmantraut, believing that it's his role. «Mike is mine. Mike is mine,» he told the New York Times. Banks even added that playing him has changed him as a person. «I think the honest thing to say is if I really think about it, maybe Mike has changed Johnny, too. I think Jonathan Banks, by playing Mike, became a little more silent, a little less rambunctious. And by silent, I mean, I think I listen a little more than I did 12, 13 years ago. I don’t like to use the word witness, but that’s what’s coming to mind. I think he possibly affected me in that I’m a little more patient. Maybe that comes with age anyway.»
Coming into Better Call Saul, Ehrmantraut was already among the more well-liked characters in the Breaking Bad universe because, unlike some people, he actually did what he did for his family. His stern persona coupled with his criminal genius, not to mention his looking like any other elderly
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