Season two of Better Call Saul will premiere in early 2016. Vince Gilligan has let fans know they should expect to see more of his henchman, Nacho Varga. It’s a mystery if Tuco will have a bigger presence on season two of Better Call Saul.
Even though Cruz struggled with portraying Salamanca, he never let that interfere with his depiction of the character. Tuco was capable of atrocious and brutal acts. He heightened suspense and consistently had fans fearing for the lives of their favorite characters. It’s so physically, emotionally, mentally draining, so when they finally killed him, I was happy.”Ĭruz kept fans on their toes on both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. That’s days and days of shooting scenes for 12 to 14 hours. During his latest interview with the Washington publication, WTOP, he said he “wasn’t sad to see Tuco go.” He went on to state that: Unlike most actors, Cruz was happy to see his character get killed off. His performance has demonstrated multiple times that Tuco is a sort of “live wire.”
Cruz has taken on many difficult roles throughout his acting career, he’s played a criminal in many productions.Ĭruz approaches Salamanca with the intent of making him unstable. Raymond Cruz has revealed in previous interviews that portraying Salamanca can be tough at times. With one phrase, Raymond Cruz turned Season One villain Tuco Salamanca into one of the most beloved characters of AMC’s Breaking Bad, then reprised the role in the prequel Better Call. Talking sense into Salamanca after insulting his abuelita is no simple feat. He was still on-edge but Jimmy McGill was still able to reason with the criminal. Tuco’s character on Better Call Saul was lacking the meth addiction he had on Breaking Bad. Vince Gilligan is excited to bring characters like this back to life with the prequel. “I’m not in the game,” Jimmy protests unconvincingly.By April McGee 8 years ago Tuco Salamanca was one of the first Breaking Bad characters to crossover to Better Call Saul.īreaking Bad told us how Tuco Salamanca’s story ended, Better Call Saul offered fans a different perspective. The biggest surprise of the 'Better Call Saul' pilot episode is the return of Tuco Salamanca (Raymond Cruz), one of the first drug dealers that Walter White faced in. “When you figure out you’re in the game,” Nacho says with a knowing grin. “You think you’d be here now if I kept my mouth shut?” Before leaving he jots down his phone number on a matchbook. Michael Mando was born in Quebec City, Canada.
“I got between you and Tuco,” Nacho points out. But Nacho argues that Jimmy has a debt to pay. “I’m a lawyer, not a criminal,” Jimmy maintains. They have no recourse.” And for Jimmy’s help in determining where the money is stashed, he’ll get a 10% finder’s fee, Nacho promises. “I like ripping off thieves because they can’t go to the cops. Though Paul was brought back for the Breaking Bad movie, its understandable he would feel initially jealous of the Better Call Saul cast upon its initial production. “I’m gonna rip them off,” Nacho announces. In his position as county treasurer, Craig embezzled $1.6 million in taxpayer funds but hasn’t yet been charged with a crime.
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It’s Nacho, who’s intrigued by Jimmy’s confession that he was trying to swindle money out of the Kettlemans. Raymond Cruz (born September 10, 1964) 1 is an American actor, best known for his starring role as Detective Julio Sanchez in the series The Closer and its spinoff Major Crimes, 2 as well as his recurring role as drug lord Tuco Salamanca in the crime drama Breaking Bad and its prequel series Better Call Saul. “I’m not backsliding,” he maintains, referring to his reprehensible “Slippin’ Jimmy” days in Cicero, Ill., where he’d intentionally fall on patches of ice and sue local storeowners.īack at his tiny law office, Jimmy receives a rare visit. It looks bad, Jimmy admits, but “this represents a good thing, ultimately.” “I’m down to my last dime, and suddenly I’m paying for broken legs,” Jimmy says as Chuck examines the emergency room bill. Then he takes a cab to the home of his older brother Chuck (Michael McKean), a formerly successful attorney who’s now afraid to venture outside. Once the ordeal is over, Jimmy gets drunk on tropical cocktails and tries to forget the horrible sound of bones snapping. Better Call Saul is an American legal crime drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould for AMC. “Hey, I just talked you down from a death sentence to six months’ probation,” he brags. Later, outside a hospital emergency room, the battered brothers complain that Jimmy is a terrible lawyer.
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