Better Call Saul Star Reacts to Nacho's Breaking Bad Jesse Comparisons
Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Better Call Saul season 6, episode 2.
Better Call Saul star Michael Mando reacts to the similarities between Nacho Varga and Breaking Bad character Jesse Pinkman. After an action-packed season 5 finale, Better Call Saul's sixth and final season premiered last week on AMC. Boasting a longer episode count than previous seasons, season six is divided into two parts, with the first seven episodes releasing every Monday until the mid-season finale on May 23rd, and the final batch of episodes expected to start airing in early July.
The first episode of Better Call Saul season 6 picks up not long after the events of the season 5 finale, seeing Nacho on the run after the failed compound assault against Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton). Although Nacho earned Lalo's trust throughout season five and became a close ally, Lalo is now aware of Nacho's betrayal and his secret partnership with Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito). In the second episode of Better Call Saul season 6, titled «Carrot and Stick,» Nacho's motel hideout is revealed and he engages in an intense gunfight with the Salamanca Cousins before narrowly escaping.
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In a new interview with THR, Mando reacts to the similarities between Nacho, and Jesse, in particular the former's arc in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. Mando explains that, while Nacho has been under "tremendous pressure" from all sides lately, playing him has been an incredibly rewarding experience. Much like Jesse, Nacho is one of the few characters in the Breaking Bad/ Better Call Saul universe who is "going from dark to light," and Mando says that he feels "grateful" that he's been given
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