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09th Sep 2021

Bob Odenkirk returns to Better Call Saul set after heart attack

Clara Kelly

Great news.

Bob Odenkirk has returned to the Better Call Saul set after suffering a heart attack in July of this year.

Announcing the news on Twitter on Wednesday, he wrote: “Back to work on Better Call Saul! So happy to be here and living this specific life surrounded by such good people.

“BTW this is makeup pro Cheri Montesanto making me not ugly for shooting!”

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTkiWeto5iR/

The actor was taken to hospital back in July after collapsing on the set of the AMC show in New Mexico.

Crew on set immediately called an ambulance, who rushed the actor to the hospital.

Odenkirk confirmed on 30 July that he had collapsed due to a “small heart attack”.

“I had a small heart attack. But I’m going to be ok thanks to Rosa Estrada and the doctors who knew how to fix the blockage without surgery,” he said at the time.

“Also, AMC and SONYs support and help throughout this has been next-level. I’m going to take a beat to recover but I’ll be back soon.”

Odenkirk is currently in production on the sixth and final season of Better Call Saul, a very popular spin-off of the wildly popular series Breaking Bad.

Odenkirk plays con-man lawyer Saul Goodman in the AMC show and Breaking Bad.

The actor has received four Golden Globe nominations for the series in the best actor in a television drama category, and four Emmy nominations for outstanding lead actor in a drama show.

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