The Breaking Bad Cast Reacts To Mark Margolis's Death

Mark Margolis was a character actor of the highest degree bringing gravitas to any role he was in no matter how small that Talent gave him Legions of fans and numerous people mourned the actor when news of his death broke Margolis died on August 3rd at the age of 83 leaving behind a Monumental body of work with more than 150 credits to his name from Scarface to six Darren Aronofsky films Margolis touched the lives of many but arguably his most recognizable role came in the form of Hector Salamanca from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul Hector was incapacitated throughout the present-day timeline of Breaking Bad only able to communicate with facial expressions and his iconic Bell still Margolis received an Emmy nomination for his work in season 4's finale Face-Off Margolis reprized the character for the prequel series Better Call Saul where audiences could see what Hector was up to before using a wheelchair die for this for playing one of the most memorable characters in modern TV history it should come as no surprise that many actors and crew members Margolis worked with on both series have posted tributes to the actor in the wake of his death Dean Norris who played Hank Schrader on Breaking Bad was one of the first to express his condolences on Twitter posting so sad to hear Mark Margolis has died a phenomenal actor a funny guy R.I.P my thoughts are with his family Breaking Bad writer Peter gold also expressed his sadness writing absolutely devastated to hear that we've lost Mark Margolis Mark was brilliant funny a rock and tour with a million stories I miss him already both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul had their lighter moments but they could be dour dramas when they wanted it's only natural for the cast and crew to find moments of levity when the cameras aren't rolling and Bob Odenkirk who played unscrupulous lawyer saw Goodman on both series remembered just how funny Margolis could be and given Odin Kirk's comedy background that's really saying something Odin Kirk wrote a powerful screen presence Mark made me laugh in the van on the way to set with his jokes and comments and I only hope I have half his energy and focus when action was shouted thank you Mark and condolences to your family of course margolis's contributions to the world of Breaking Bad are all thanks to casting director Sharon bialy in an interview with gold Derby she talked about how the actor was her favorite scoop for Breaking Bad and she detailed asking him to send in a tape even though Hector Salamanca didn't have any lines she also took to Twitter to look back fondly on his career posting R.I.P to a true professional and Gem of a man he was superb and Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad he was a sweetheart and a great actor I will miss him Margolis proved how an actor could do a lot with a little Hector Salamanca was an obvious force to be reckoned with and Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul which isn't an easy feat when he couldn't talk for most of it he even helped Inspire the next generation of actors as Luis mancata who played made one of the nefarious twins Marco posted he was a Class Act old school guy no BS attitude and very funny we spent a lot of time with him he would tell us stories about his early days in NY great times I'll always remember our conversations my friend Max arceonega also chimed in with his thoughts he played Crazy 8 on both series and expressed his appreciation for getting to work with Margolis posting it was an honor to have shared the screen with this Powerhouse and an honor to listen to the stories he shared about his family and his career rest easy Don Hector Margolis was a consummate professional delivering an emmy-nominated performance with nothing but a look of determination and ringing a bell over a career that spanned decades he worked with many artists and touched the lives of countless fans foreign

Channel: Looper

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Keywords: looper, mark margolis, breaking bad, cast, RIP

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Length: 3min 53sec (233 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 05 2023