Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks have been joined by the first brand new cast member to the Breaking BadĀ universe in prequel series Better Call Saul. Michael McKean will be joining the show, DeadlineĀ reported yesterday, and heāll be playing Dr. Thurber, an attorney who hasĀ āan unusual affliction.ā We donāt know what that means, but we doĀ know that McKean starred in a handful of X-FilesĀ episodes co-scripted by Vince Gilligan, who is the creator ofĀ Breaking BadĀ and co-creator (with Peter Gould) ofĀ Better Call Saul. McKean played a government operative named Morris Fletcher who ends up switching bodies with Fox Mulder in that showās only comedic two-parter, so maybe Dr. Thurberās strange affliction will be that heās actually David Duchovny in disguise. Considering that both Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul starred in X-FilesĀ episodes before being cast in Breaking Bad, maybe Gilligan will reach out to Tony Shalhoub, the man who starred in his first script for that show, to fill some other role in Better Call Saul.Ā Michael McKean, of course, has starred in 50 million cool things beyond just The X-Files and Laverne & Shirley, but what you best know him for is probably This Is Spinal Tap, so just start quoting that movie in comments like you know you want to.
