Rhea Seehorn may not have won the Emmy for best supporting actress in a drama series for her Better Call Saul role at the 2023 Emmys, but she’s already teasing a reunion with Better Call Saul co-creator Vince Gilligan.
While speaking to The Hollywood Reporter on the Emmys red carpet, the actress remained coy on what the series and role was, but shared some more about the role that Gilligan wrote specifically for her.
“We’re never allowed to say anything! He’s already released that it has a sci-fi element; more psychological than full space,” Seehorn told THR. “And he wrote it for me — which is hard to say without crying. And we will shoot in Albuquerque, with a lot of the same crew.”
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“Vince is very loyal and likes the family of people that he has worked with and prefers to hire the same people over and over,” Seehorn previously told THR of the anticipated reunion. “So I could see lots of reasons why he would want it to be Albuquerque, but I can tell you that it doesn’t have anything to do with Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul.”
She went on to tease that the role is one she’s “never played before” and “it’s extremely unlike anything I’ve ever done before.”
She added, “I guess the only other thing I’m allowed to say is that in his genius way, even when you’re reading the scripts — I’ve read three — every time you think you know what story or what genre this is, he takes a turn. He keeps taking a turn. It’s amazing writing.”
Seehorn previously admitted that, though reuniting with Gilligan, the series would not be a spinoff of her Better Call Saul character Kim Wexler.
The Emmy nomination marks a bittersweet ending given the series closed with its final season in August 2022 and has failed thus far to achieve an Emmy win throughout the series’ six seasons. Better Call Saul is nominated in the best drama category.
“I think at this point, we all truly feel proud of the work we created and [co-creator, finale writer-director] Peter Gould, even if I wasn’t on this show, nailed the final season and the finale and that’s a really hard thing to do. I guess I’d be lying if I didn’t say, who doesn’t want to run up on stage and go, ‘Thanks for recognizing our last time out here.’ But I have a feeling we’ll feel that way about our show no matter what,” she added to THR ahead of Monday’s show.
Seehorn was nominated for best supporting actress in a drama series alongside Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus), Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown), Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus), Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus), Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus), J. Smith-Cameron (Succession) and Simona Tabasco (The White Lotus). Coolidge took home the trophy.
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