Giancarlo Esposito, who performed Gus Fring on Breaking Dangerous and the prequel collection Higher Name Saul, has stated he needs to pitch a present known as “The Rise of Gus.” This might be a prequel collection that reveals extra of the drug kingpin’s previous, he informed Selection lately.
“I believe finally there needs to be, and there is perhaps” a by-product centered on Fring, Esposito stated. “I’ve plenty of premises I prefer to push. If I used to be speaking to Vince Gilligan proper now, I might inform him, ‘The Rise of Gus.'”
Gilligan is presently making a sci-fi present for Apple, and Esposito stated he understands Gilligan is busy with this challenge in the meanwhile. However afterward, Esposito stated he hopes Gilligan circles again with Esposito and agrees to make one other Breaking Dangerous present.
The Rise of Gus could possibly be a “very attention-grabbing” collection, Esposito stated, partially as a result of it might exhibit and clarify how Fring rose by means of the ranks in Chile and extra of his household background.
For his half, Gilligan has stated he’s most likely performed with extra Breaking Dangerous spinoffs after making the primary present, Higher Name Saul, and the Netflix film El Camino. That being stated, Gilligan acknowledged that if his new present flops, he may come again.
“I do not need to beat a useless horse. I go searching and see different storytelling worlds–I am not going to call names–that really feel like, ‘Boy, they’re actually sucking that final dime out of that franchise.’ I would hate to see that occur with [Breaking Bad],” Gilligan stated. “I would quite err on the aspect of leaving the get together too quickly than too late. However by no means say by no means. That is simply how I really feel proper now, however who is aware of down the road.”
As for his new present, Gilligan’s Apple challenge stars Higher Name Saul’s Rhea Seehorn. The present takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico–just like Breaking Dangerous–and Episode 1 sounds prefer it’ll be very dramatic.
“The world modifications very abruptly within the first episode, after which it’s fairly totally different. It is the trendy world–the world we stay in–but it modifications very abruptly,” Gilligan stated. “And the results that that reaps hopefully present drama for a lot of, many episodes after that. I am nervous. It will be attention-grabbing to see how people react to it.”