As a bonus, the 'Better Call Saul' star got some free gym sessions. Bob Odenkirk says he made Nobody to impress SNL buddies: 'That's just a reason to be doing t

As a bonus, the 'Better Call Saul' star got some free gym sessions.

Bob Odenkirk says he made Nobody to impress SNL buddies: 'That's just a reason to be doing this'

As a bonus, the 'Better Call Saul' star got some free gym sessions.

By Daysia Tolentino

Published on August 16, 2025 09:00AM EDT

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Bob Odenkirk as Hutch Mansell in 'Nobody 2'. Credit:

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Bob Odenkirk took on his action-packed role in 2021's *Nobody* in part to show his former *Saturday Night Live* colleagues a new side of him.**

Stopping by the *Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend *podcast, Odenkirk told his longtime pal O'Brien some of the reasons why he decided to delve into the action world. For starters, he said he was interested in getting free gym sessions.

He was also motivated by the thought of O'Brien, "[Robert] Smigel and [Adam] Sandler and everybody I knew from comedy" seeing his performance in *Nobody. *

"I thought of you guys often when I was exercising and thinking that's just a reason to be doing this is if I could pull it off," he said. "That would blow my friends' minds."

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*Nobody *follows Hutch Mansell (Odenkirk), an assassin turned mild-mannered family man, who has to save his family after they become targets of a vengeful crime lord.

The *Better Call Saul *star said he kept picturing David Spade watching and reacting to the movie.

"I kept thinking about Spade, I don't know why," he joked. "He would go see it and go like, 'What the f---?'"

O'Brien recalled Odenkirk telling him about *Nobody *before it premiered. The former *Tonight Show* host admitted that he didn't think much of it until he saw the film.

"When it came out, I was just, 'Oh, he's so good at this,'" O'Brien said.**

'SNL' writers including Conan O'Brien, Robert Smigel, Phil Hartman, Bob Odenkirk, Mike Myers, and Al Franken at the 1989 Emmy Awards.

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc

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In fact, O'Brien enjoyed the film so much that he asked the *Breaking Bad* actor for a cameo in the upcoming sequel. While *Nobody 2 *comes out on Aug. 15, it doesn't appear that the comedian got his wish. He requested a third installment be made so he could join the cast.

"I just want to be beaten," he said. "I want someone to beat the s--- out of me."

Listen to the full episode of *Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend *with Bob Odenkirk below.**

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