Ieri è uscita questa interessante intervista a Bob Odenkirk (insieme a Michael Sheen, ma tant'è), in cui, tra le varie cose, discute anche di Better Call Saul e del personaggio di Jimmy/Saul.
In particolare fa un ragionamento a cui non avevo mai pensato e mi piacerebbe sottolineare qui con voi:
"I would not like that at all. We both have the same sort of question of, “Am I going to be able to be this guy for an extended period?” I’m so thankful they made Jimmy McGill a likable guy with drives and desires that I can really relate to. As long as they wanted to make this prequel, I was good with it, as long as it was an organic, genuine desire, which it was on the part of Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. But I don’t feel like I know this guy. I don’t know where it’s going. People say, “Well, he’s going to be Saul Goodman.” But I say, not really. Saul Goodman was a front. He even told Walter White when he met him, “That’s not my name.” Look at his office, it’s a front. It’s a set. We don’t really know who he was during “Breaking Bad.” They did a scene after the “Breaking Bad” experience, and he’s working in a Cinnabon, and we see another iteration of who the guy is. So I don’t feel like I know him, I hope I never feel like I completely know him. He’s always discovering new things about himself and changing and that’s how I’ll get through doing hopefully years of the character."
Fin dal primo momento in cui ho saputo della serie, mi sono subito immaginata il tutto come la storia della lenta trasformazione da Jimmy a Saul, come una linea retta che collega i due personaggi. Leggendo i commenti alle puntate, man mano che venivano trasmesse, ho capito che è anche il pensiero di molti altri. Ma in realtà penso proprio che abbia ragione Bob, Saul Goodman può benissimo essere solo un fantoccio, la maschera che Jimmy indossa in pubblico.
Lascio tutta l'intervista, è molto interessante:
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/bob-odenkirk-michael-sheen-on-finding-comedy-in-drama-1201508472/
