While it is set in stone that Better Call Saul will be coming to an end this summer, what remains to be seen is if the Breaking Bad universe will stop expanding as well. Giancarlo Esposito, who has played legendary drug kingpin Gustavo Fring since 2009, has expressed a public interest in expanding Fring's story following the conclusion of Better Call Saul.
Esposito revealed that while he's sad that Better Call Saul is ending, he also detailed a conversation he had with showrunner Vince Gilligan. According to Esposito, Gilligan may or may not have hinted that they will expand the Breaking Bad ethos.
While making an appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden, Esposito got a little candid when revealing both his feelings while also believing there could be more to come. "I'm a little choked up. I don't want to talk about it! It's over. It's going to be over. I never want to say... well, Vince Gilligan said to me, 'It's not over until it's over.' But what does that mean? Is that a clue? And for me, I think it may be a clue because I take all of that as an actor, you take that really personally like there could be something else." Esposito later reflected on how different his performance as Fring is on Better Call Saul compared to Breaking Bad because of how different the circumstances are. "For me, I feel like I got a chance in season 6 to explore a more vulnerable, different Gustavo Fring... Lalo Salamanca is a threat to me, and I always control the chaos and steer what's happening, but in this season, I'm vulnerable, I'm nervous, I'm not the same Gustavo Fring you've ever seen before. So you get a more nuanced performance and a wider range of emotion behind Gus."
This isn't the first actor from Better Call Saul to admit interest in playing their character again in a potential spinoff, as Rhea Seehorn expressed similar sentiment not too long back. Every fan of this universe wants to see more because of how flawless both Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad are executed. Keep in mind that they were developing the concept for Better Call Saul before Breaking Bad wrapped up. As far as fans know, they haven't done anything like that since filming Better Call Saul.
Getting back to Esposito, he is 100% right about Fring. There is so much potential for more story with his character alone. His purpose in Better Call Saul was to portray how Breaking Bad's meth lab came to be and how he helped Mike descend into the hired gun he would become. Not a whole lot has been explored regarding his backstory before he started Los Pollos Hermanos or how he got involved in the drug game. Breaking Bad hinted that there was no record of him in South America before immigrating to the United States, which leaves so much ground to explore how he became the criminal mastermind fans know.
Of course, as they say, some stories are better left untold. Gus Fring is one of the greatest television villains of all time, currently playing a role in which he's not the villain of the show. Some franchises have suffered because they revealed the mystery that turned out to not be quite as enticing as fans would have liked - think X-Men Origins: Wolverine - so while fans would love to see the origin of Gus Fring and Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould have shown every sign that they know how to do a prequel, maybe it's best to leave good alone here.
Better Call Saul will resume its final season on AMC on July 11, 2022.