Bob Odenkirk has joined The Bear in Season 2

Bob Odenkirk
Bob Odenkirk

Chicago native, Better Call Saul star, Bob Odenkirk, has joined Season 2 of the awarded winning FX series The Bear

Odenkirk’s role in the series has not yet been disclosed but according to Variety who broke the news, he is said to be “boarding the show in a guest role.” We will continue to dig deeper for details but as of yet, FX and reps for Odenkirk are not commenting.

Odenkirk was recently in Chicago to promote his new book at an event at the Music Box Theatre. He opened up about life, death, and reinventing himself “as an action film ass-kicker at fifty.” His critically acclaimed series, Better Call Saul completed the sixth and final series last year.

Season 2 of The Bear is currently filming in town with Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Edwin Lee Gibson, Corey Hendrix, Matty Matheson, Richard Esteras, Jose M. Cervantes and Abby Elliott.

Season 1 follows the story of fine dining chef Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), who returns home save his family’s failing Chicago sandwich shop, The Beef, in the wake of his brother’s death. It’s about food, family, the insanity of the grind, the beauty of sense of urgency and the steep slippery downsides. As Carmy fights to transform both The Original Beef of Chicagoland and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges kitchen crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family.

The series, cast, and crew of Season 1 raked in an impressive amount of wins during award season from Critics Choice, SAG, WGA, Producer’s Guild, AFI, Penna de Prata, American Cinema Editors, BFE Cut Above, Spirit Awards, and Golden Globes.

Season 2 makes the statement that, “It’s not a reopening. It’s a rebirth.” The 30-second Season 2 teaser revealed a melancholy tone as Carmy and the rest of the crew close The Beef and prepare to reopen as a new restaurant named The Bear.

With the opening of the new restaurant, Carmy and the crew “think they’re starting from a healthy place, but a restaurant, like a lot of other businesses, just creates the same amount of problems and the same amount of headaches every day,” says co-showrunner and executive producer Christopher Storer. “So we see them have to step up in certain ways, in some ways regressing, but hopefully coming back together to open this thing by a very specific date.”

Season 2 will premiere on FX in June.

This is a developing story. More information to come.

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