07/28/2021 2:30
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Updated 07/28/2021 2:30 AM
American actor
Bob Odenkirk was hospitalized on Tuesday
after fainting on the set of the series
"Better Call Saul."
Odenkirk, 58, was filming the North American broadcast during the morning in the state of New Mexico, United States, when
he collapsed
.
The "Better Call Saul" team assisted him immediately and he
was
later
transferred to a local hospital
.
The news portal of the show TMZ, which was the first medium to report what happened, assured that Odenkirk was still in the hospital during the early morning, receiving treatment, but did not detail the health of the interpreter.
The reason
why the actor fainted is
also unknown
.
Bob Odenkirk is 58 years old and collapsed in the middle of filming.
Photo Willy Sanjuan / AP
Other media, such as Variety or The Hollywood Reporter, later confirmed the TMZ scoop.
At first it was said that the actor was working in Los Angeles, United States, when he fainted, but later TMZ and The Hollywood Reporter assured that he was in New Mexico.
Odenkirk rose to fame for the role of lawyer
Saul Goodman
on the acclaimed series "Breaking Bad" (2008-2013).
The success of his character led him to have
his own
spinoff
series
, the prequel that under the title "Better Call Saul" further boosted Odenkirk's career.
For his role as Saul Goodman, Bob Odenkirk was nominated for four Emmy Awards.
For the role of Jimmy McGill, the lawyer who raises his level of corruption until he became Saul Goodman, Odenkirk received
four Emmy
Award nominations, in which he was
awarded twice as a screenwriter
, for his work on The Ben Stiller Show and Saturday night Live.
"Better Call Saul" premiered in 2015 and
will say goodbye with its sixth season
, which is the one they are filming now after a stoppage forced by the coronavirus pandemic.
On the sidelines of television, Odenkirk presented the violent and crude action thriller
"Nobody"
(2021)
in theaters this year
.
With information from EFE
DB
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