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Bob Odenkirk back on 'Better Call Saul' after heart attack

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Bob Odenkirk is back shooting 'œBetter Call Saul," six weeks after having a heart attack.

Odenkirk on Wednesday tweeted a photo of himself getting made up to play title character Saul Goodman in the AMC series, indicating that shooting had resumed on its sixth and final season.

'œBack to work on Better Call Saul!'ť Odenkirk said. 'œSo happy to be here and living this specific life surrounded by such good people. BTW this is makeup pro Cheri Montesanto making me not ugly for shooting!'ť

The 58-year-old Odenkirk had what he later called a 'œsmall heart attack" and collapsed on the show's set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on July 27.

Odenkirk has been nominated for four Emmys for playing luckless lawyer Jimmy McGill, who becomes increasingly corrupt and adopts the pseudonym Saul Goodman, the 'œcriminal lawyer'ť who appeared in dozens of episodes of 'œBreaking Bad'ť before getting his own spin-off.

Both shows were shot in, and mostly set in, New Mexico.

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, file photo, Bob Odenkirk speaks at the AMC's "Better Call Saul," panel during the AMC Networks TCA 2020 Winter Press Tour at the Langham Huntington, in Pasadena, Calif. Odenkirk is back shooting 'œBetter Call Saul," six weeks after having a heart attack. Odenkirk on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, tweeted a photo of himself getting made up to play title character Saul Goodman in the AMC series, indicating that shooting had resumed on its sixth and final season. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File) The Associated Press
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