‘Better Call Saul’s’ Rhea Seehorn Is Secretly Hilarious

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🗓️ 1 October 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Rhea Seehorn may be best known for playing the very serious Kim Wexler opposite Bob Odenkirk on ‘Better Call Saul.’ But for the first 15 years or so of her acting career, she couldn’t break out of the “sitcom” box. This fall, while fans eagerly await that ‘Breaking Bad’ spin-off’s climactic final season, Seehorn is returning to her comedy roots as the hot-mess matriarch Debbie in Paramount+’s new animated series ‘The Harper House.’ In this bonus episode, the actress opens up about getting “pigeonholed” in the comedy world, fighting to get the role that transformed her career, and then proving that she can still be hilarious by going toe-to-toe with Julia Louis-Dreyfus on ‘Veep.’ Plus, Seehorn teases season six of ‘Better Call Saul,’ including what it’s been like to have Bob Odenkirk back on set after his heart attack, how she feels about Tony Dalton’s Lalo surviving last season’s finale and what those finger guns were all about.

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0:00.0	For the first 15 years of her acting career, my guest on today's show was unfortunately stuck in some version of sitcom hell.
0:09.4	Then came the role that changed her life forever.
0:12.9	I drop everything for you.
0:15.8	Every single time, you confess to a felony on tape.
0:18.7	I'm there.
0:19.7	You have a bar hearing?
0:20.7	I represent you.
0:21.9	Over and over again, if you need me, I'm there.
0:25.6	But somehow in your mind, the only measure of my feelings for you is some office?
0:30.2	I'm good enough to live with, to sleep with, but God forbid you should have an office with me.
0:34.7	What are you doing?
0:35.3	I just told you.
0:35.9	You get a little bored with your life so you come down and roll around in the dirt?
0:39.3	Have some fun with slipping Jimmy...
0:40.3	Oh, is it fun?
0:41.3	Like lying to the ADA to get your friend out of the shitter?
0:45.3	Or fun like standing there with a smile plastered on my face while you play infantile mind games on my law partner?
0:50.3	Oh, what a mistake it was to take me up to your office in the sky.
0:54.7	You'll never do that again.
0:55.7	Yeah, maybe I won't.
0:56.7	And maybe next time you call, I won't come.
0:58.1	There you go.
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