Odenkirk would return to BCS if Gilligan and Gould pitch prison story

Bob Odenkirk indicated that he would be open to a revival of Better Call Saul, but only under specific conditions and with the right creative alignment. In a recent interview conducted as he promotes his new film, he said he would return to the world Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould created if the idea came from them and fit a limited, prison-centered premise. He stressed that Saul Goodman would be most realistically revisited if the setting were confined to a prison, given the character’s arc and the events of the final season.

The actor, who originated the criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill before his transformation into Saul Goodman, has previously battled a heart attack while filming the last season of Better Call Saul in 2021. He returned to finish the series, and he has since overseen a shift in his career toward other projects, including Nobody 2. Despite his reluctance to revisit the show in a broad sense, he expressed respect for the creators who built the world and acknowledged that he would participate if the pair envisioned a new chapter set within the same universe.

Odenkirk articulated a clear conditional framework for any potential return. He emphasized that the revival...