AMC's spin-off series "Better Call Saul" is one of the shows that dominated the recently concluded 2015 TCA Awards after earning the Outstanding New Program for its first season on air.
But despite the huge success of the Saul Goodman-centric series, lead actor Bob Odenkirk said that he could not compete with Bryan Cranston's Walter White, the main protagonist in the original series "Breaking Bad."
In a previous interview posted on Australian weekly lads' magazine Zoo, he said that the spin-off series is not trying to compete with "Breaking Bad" since "Better Call Saul" came out during the time when streaming TV is already rampant, while the original series came out long before it began.
Odinkirk also said that he never felt the pressure of having to reach the same success level of the original series. He said that the cast and crew of "Better Call Saul" are just trying to do a good job in making a one-of-a-kind and out of the ordinary plot for the series.
The actor portrayed the role of a crooked lawyer named Saul Goodman in "Breaking Bad." The character provided the comic relief in the critically acclaimed crime drama. But in the spin-off show, viewers are getting to know Saul's origins as the struggling lawyer named Jimmy McGill.
Aside from the 31st TCA Awards nod that the show received this month, both Odenkirk and fellow returning cast member Jonathan Banks were recognized for their roles as McGill and Mike Ehrmantraut as Best Actor in a Drama Series and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, respectively, at the 5th Critics Choice Television Awards back in May.
But while the show is currently on hiatus prior to the release of "Better Call Saul" season 2, Banks will guest star in one of the upcoming episodes of the science entertainment program "Mythbusters."
"Better Call Saul" is expected to air sometime in 2016.
