Bob Odenkirk Reveals He Was Bankrupt Before Getting Breaking Bad Role
Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk has revealed that he was bankrupt prior to being cast on Breaking Bad. The comedian took on his career-defining role as Saul Goodman during the show’s second season. He will soon reprise the role of Saul yet again when Better Call Saul’s sixth and final season premieres on AMC in April.
Odenkirk has become an icon of comedy over the course of his career. Spending many of the early years of his career working on beloved sketch comedy series such as Saturday Night Live and Mr. Show alongside fellow comedian, David Cross, and minor roles in shows such as Seinfeld and Roseanne. In the 2000s, he lost out on the part of Michael Scott in The Office and landed roles in critically and commercially unsuccessful films, including Let’s Go to Prison and The Brothers Solomon. It was in 2009 when he finally became a household name by joining the cast of Breaking Bad as corrupt lawyer Saul Goodman.
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Despite the critical acclaim that Odenkirk has garnered for his work on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, he did not have the easiest road to get there. In fact, during a recent interview on The Howard Stern Show, Odenkirk revealed that he had gone bankrupt before being offered his now-iconic role. By his own estimation, he ended up in a “financial hole” from which he had to climb out of, which involved aggressively taking on more work as an actor.
As a result of Odenkirk’s financial state at the time, he found himself in a situation where he could not decline work – he even noted in his interview that his manager specifically forbid him from turning down jobs. That led to him taking everything he could to earn money and
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