Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan has said that he did not want Lalo to appear in Better Call Saul at first – but he is glad to have been proven wrong now.
The new beloved villain Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton), a character who was mentioned by Saul in a quick line in Breaking Bad may have been a risky inclusion, but the character is now a fan favourite.
Following the Better Call Saul‘s season five finale this week Gilligan told Rolling Stone: “I’m embarrassed to admit this now, but back in Season One or Two, when I was more active on the show, Peter kept saying, ‘We’ve gotta answer who Lalo is,’ and I finally said, ‘I don’t know that we need to answer every single question.’
"I’m embarrassed to admit this now"
“And, man, I was wrong. If Peter hadn’t pushed, we wouldn’t have Tony Dalton. We wouldn’t have this amazing character. So, some of the ones that I found the most frustrating to deal with, that I said, ‘Ah, the hell with them. Who cares?’ tend to be the best ones of all.