Breaking Bad fans who were left reeling after Better Call Saul wrapped Jimmy McGill's story will be happy to see Bob Odenkirk channel a new role in AMC's Lucky Hank, where the actor once again appears to have the perfect stage to showcase all of his talents.
Lucky Hank was announced officially by AMC last year as a series based on the 1997 book by Richard Russo titled Straight Man, where Odenkirk will play Hank Deveraux, an English department tenure professor at the unexceptional Railton College in Pennsylvania. While the first teaser for the show barely shared a glimpse of Odenkirk's look in Lucky Hank and a tiny bit of dialogue, the full trailer dives into what makes this man tick.
As seen in AMC's Lucky Hank trailer, Hank is not having the best time connecting with his young students, growing fearful that his well-set personality is starting to clash with his class in these modern times. Lucky Hank is set to premiere on March 19, and suffice it to say, people who loved Saul Goodman's eccentricities and outbursts will be in for a treat. Hank's antics from the novel include picking fights with the goose living on Railton's campus and criticizing his students for enrolling in this less-than-prestigious institution.
The game's name for Hank is a mid-life crisis, but it’s clear he still has a lot of unresolved issues from his past. These issues keep him tied to Railton, and his psychotherapy sessions will drive his character in Lucky Hank. Russos' Straight Man was written as a satire novel that pokes fun at the state of academia, on-campus relationships, and Hank's coping with middle age, so the kind of stuff Odenkirk is cut out for.
It’s not as if Odenkirk is the type of actor who can be typecast, as the 60-year-old's action breakout in Nobody proved he is capable of veering off into new genres, something he’s been thankful for since his fitness levels for that movie might have saved him when he suffered a heart attack in 2021. Lucky Hank certainly looks to follow in the tradition of AMC hits like Better Call Saul or Mad Men, so Breaking Bad fans are bound to be intrigued by this new look at academia.
Lucky Hank will premiere on AMC on March 19, 2023.
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