Giancarlo Esposito Shares Idea for Gus Fring-Focused ‘Breaking Bad’ Prequel

Better Call Saul” is coming back for a sixth and final season, but if series star Giancarlo Esposito has his way, the hit crime drama won’t mark the last time his Gustavo Fring character appears on the small screen.Esposito mused about a potential Gus-focused television show in a recent interview with Esquire.

The actor, who portrayed the iconic meth kingpin in the acclaimed “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” told the publication that he had his own theory on Gus’ origins and even came up with a name for a potential television show — “The Rise of Gus” — that would explore the character’s backstory in depth.“I have this whole storyline in the back of my head that he came from political royalty,” Esposito told Esquire.

“I feel like Gus came from the world of order.

And that his order came.

He was a military man.

Out of the military,

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