Breaking Bad's Betsy Brandt Reflects On Playing Marie Again On Better Call Saul
Betsy Brandt made a surprise cameo as the widowed Marie Schrader for the Better Call Saul series finale. Not too long after the finale aired, Brandt reflected on playing her again after all these years.
In an interview with Variety, Brandt went into detail regarding what it was like to play Schrader again nearly a decade after last playing her in Breaking Bad. While Brandt is more than aware of how annoying her character is, she was so happy not only to play her again in Better Call Saul, but to play a more mature version of her.
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Brandt made it clear how much she missed playing the one role she is perhaps best known for. «It was like putting on your favorite sweater that you forgot how much you loved. I’ve missed her. I know she can be a real pain in the ass, but I’ve missed her, that purple-wearing, obsessed person. The way they brought her back, she’s grown up a lot since we saw her.» Brandt then added that while she wanted to portray Marie like she previously did, she also wanted to keep her deceased TV husband in mind when playing her. «I still wanted her to be the same person; you have to recognize her. Marie’s so tightly wound, and she still is, but she’s determined, and she wants to do right by Hank. I always had this feeling that… what kept her going after Hank died is that she wanted to make him proud, even after he’s gone.»
Having Marie come back in Better Call Saul following all that happened in Breaking Badserved as a reminder to viewers that what Saul Goodman had done led to terrible consequences for victims like Marie, who did not deserve the fates they suffered. He may not have been responsible or even involved in the deaths of
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