Better Call Saul: One year after his heart attack, Bob Odenkirk sends heartbreaking message to fans

While the final season of Better Call Saul is currently airing on AMC in the US and Netflix in France, Bob Odenkirk has returned from a heart attack he suffered during filming in July 2021.

It was in social networks, exactly one year after this event, that the actor sent a grateful message to his fans who continued to support him in this ordeal.

“Thank you, whoever you are. A year ago today, I briefly flirted with “eternal rest” and it sent me a wave of sympathy and warmth. I will always feel unworthy of it. I too will always be grateful and try to pass it on. thanks. No answer is required“, he wrote on Twitter.

Last February, Bob Odenkirk told the New York Times Magazine His illness, which could have been fatal to him. “We were shooting a scene, we were shooting all day, and luckily I didn’t end up in my trailer“, – recalls the comedian, who stayed on the set to ride an exercise bike.

“I just broke up“, he continued before elaborating: “Rhea That said, I immediately got a gray-blue tint.“Fortunately, the show’s health director and assistant director were able to save him by massaging his heart and then using an automatic defibrillator.

Filming was then halted while the actor recovered. It returned to the plateau in September 2021.

Better Call Saul ends August 16 on Netflix.