As attorney Saul Goodman on the Netflix series Breaking Bad, Bob Odenkirk is so popular that he's soon getting a multi-season spin-off. Now, however, the "Better Call Saul" actor has switched genres and written a "kinda crazy" children's book.
The US actor Bob Odenkirk is best known for his role as the shady lawyer Saul Goodman in the series "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul". However, a new project by the actor will be much more family-friendly. He will publish a children's book that his daughter worked on.
When his children were young, he didn't read fairy tales or stories to them, instead he wrote little poems with them. "I really wanted them to be a part of it," Odenkirk told People magazine. For example, he wrote a line, then his children wrote one and together they tried to finish the whole thing. The resulting poems are "pretty silly and a lot of them are kind of crazy," Odenkirk continues. But he kept them because some of them were "not just gibberish".
During the corona pandemic, his 24-year-old son Nathan and his two-year-old daughter Erin asked him about the poems. As Erin says, her father got out his book and the idea for a children's book was born. He then suggested that she illustrate the book. The result is titled "Zilot
In 2021, the actor suffered a heart attack on the set of "Better Call Saul". "I'm starting to wonder what's the best way to spend my time," Odenkirk now explains. Spending hours with loved ones and taking time off is becoming more and more important to him. Daughter Erin, who wants to appreciate moments that "feel small or normal," feels the same way.
