Fans and Hollywood figures alike are rallying for Bob Odenkirk’s recovery after the beloved Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul star collapsed on set on Tuesday, US time, and was rushed to hospital in New Mexico.
Odenkirk’s condition and the cause of the collapse have not been disclosed.
Bob Odenkirk in 2017. Credit:AP
According to Variety, crew members phoned for an ambulance after the actor went down while filming Better Call Saul, a hit spin-off of the seminal drama Breaking Bad centring on Odenkirk’s character, Saul Goodman.
“Today I woke up to news that has made me anxious all morning,” wrote Bryan Cranston, who starred opposite Odenkirk in Breaking Bad as chemist-turned-drug kingpin Walter White.
“My friend, Bob Odenkirk collapsed last night on the set of Better Call Saul. … Please take a moment in your day today to think about him and send positive thoughts and prayers his way, thank you.”
In both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Odenkirk portrays a scheming lawyer who ends up doing dirty work for the masterminds of a massive crystal meth-trafficking operation in New Mexico.
Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill in a scene from Better Call Saul. Credit:AP
Odenkirk, 58, has received multiple Emmy nominations for his performance in the prequel series, which is shooting its sixth and final season.
Odenkirk’s onscreen brother in Better Call Saul, Michael McKean, also sent love to his co-star, as did Aaron Paul, who played drug manufacturer and dealer Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad.
“You got this brother,” McKean tweeted.
Among the first to respond to Odenkirk’s health scare was actor and comedian David Cross, who co-created and co-starred with the Emmy-winning TV writer and actor in their sketch comedy series Mr. Show With Bob and David, which ran for four seasons from 1995 to 1998.
“I will share what I know when I can but Bob is one of the strongest people I know both physically and spiritually,” Cross wrote on Twitter. “He WILL get through this.”
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