How Better Call Saul Star's Lalo Impacted His Hawkeye Character Twist
With many having seen him as a villain for years on the series, Tony Dalton credits his Better Call Saul history as Lalo with helping his Hawkeye character twist. Introduced in season 4 of the Breaking Bad prequel series, Dalton played Lalo Salamanca, the nephew of drug kingpin Hector and prominent member of Don Eladio's cartel who comes to Albuquerque to oversee his family's operation after his uncle's stroke. Dalton has scored widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike for his performance as Lalo and is considered by many to be one of the best villains on TV and in the Breaking Bad universe.
Dalton made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Hawkeye as Jack Duquesne, fiancé to Vera Farmiga's Eleanor Bishop, much to the chagrin of Hailee Steinfeld's Kate. With his wealthy uncle murdered in the pilot of the Disney+ series, all signs pointed to Jack as the killer, leading Kate down the path to prove his guilt, only to ultimately be proven innocent as Eleanor was revealed to be the actual murderer and to be working with Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin. While many were expecting Jack to be a villain in Hawkeye, the star believes there's a key reason as to why this twist worked.
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In a recent interview with DiscussingFilm, Tony Dalton reflected on his time in both Better Call Saul and Hawkeye. While looking at the latter show, which saw him revealed as not an antagonist, Dalton credited his past as Lalo on the Breaking Bad prequel as helping sell his MCU character's twist and comparing it to reveal of Harrison Ford's character in What Lies Beneath. See what Dalton said below:
“I would think my history with Lalo and with a whole bunch of other
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