Star of Better Call Saul Rhea Seehorn first believed Kim Wexler would pass away.
It was always reasonable to presume that the close confidant of Bob Odenkirk’s Jimmy McGill would not survive the events of the program given the timeframe of the Breaking Bad prequel.
The tension was further increased in the latter seasons of Better Call Saul as Kim often meets paths with the ruthless murderer and cartel boss Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton).
Seehorn admitted that even she anticipated a grim outcome for Kim during a recent interview with Empire magazine for their February 2023 edition.
The Better Call Saul actor assumed Kim would pass away as soon as she was introduced in episode 1.
Seehorn didn’t want to get her hopes up in case Kim was doomed to an early death even if the character “started having stories that weren’t just peripheral to Jimmy,” like Mesa Verde and Gatwood Oil.
She said "I had no idea. I definitely thought I had no idea. I definitely thought she could die. At some point, started having storylines that weren’t just ancillary to Jimmy, and I was thrilled, but I honestly didn’t dare to dream."
"Patrick [Fabian] and I would laugh and flip through the scripts immediately and be like, “I’m not dead!” It just became a thing of, “I don’t want to get out of this sandbox.” It’s the best writing, the best character, and the best people."
Better Call Saul would not have had the brilliantly bittersweet conclusion in which Jimmy and Kim finally come to grips with their past transgressions if Kim hadn’t been allowed to meet Jimmy for one more time in prison.