Bob Odenkirk Health After Heart Attack Revealed: Is 'Better Call Saul' Star OK?
Bob Odenkirk reflected on his current health status following his worrying heart attack.
Odenkirk left the world in deep shock when he suffered a heart attack while filming an episode of "Better Call Saul" the sixth and final episode. He returned stronger after the event, though, as he even scored another Emmy nomination for his role in the series on Tuesday.
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter following the nomination, he revealed that the next week's episode is the one in which the health issue occurred.
Still, he assured his fans that he feels good and in great shape after the health scare.
"I didn't go back to shoot for five weeks. I had a five-week break to recover. And then when I went back, we limited our shooting to 12-hour days... And so they took care of me and I was able to do it, and hopefully you can't tell when I had the heart attack and when I didn't," he went on.
Odenkirk also noted that he was able to record three quarters of the episode and waited until he fully recovered before filming the latter scene.
Bob Odenkirk "Lost Memory" of That Day
Elsewhere in the discussion, the 59-year-old actor divulged how "strange" it is to watch the episode as he has no memory of that day at all.
According to Odenkirk, it is a rare thing to watch something he does not know that he filmed it.
"I mean, usually you watch some, and you have some recall of that even if it was shot months ago. But in this case, it's such a complete blank. It's very strange. I gotta tell you, it's a weird thing to have lost basically about a week and a half," he continued.
The Associated Press reported that time that the crew members called an ambulance and sent Odenkirk to the nearest health facility. The source close to the actor reportedly was not allowed to divulge more details about the incident publicly.
Odenkirk eventually told The New York Times (via New York Post) that they were shooting a scene when the emergency incident happened. The production's medical team responded immediately.
At the same time, the health safety supervisor, Rosa Estrada, and assistant director Angie Meyer conducted CPR.
They also attached Odenkirk to a defibrillator.
Per Seehorn, it was a near-death experience for the actor. Fortunately, he survived it.
