How Bob Odenkirk and Director Ben Wheatley Built Their Shape-Shifting Action Movie ‘Normal’

How Bob Odenkirk and Director Ben Wheatley Built Their Shape-Shifting Action Movie ‘Normal’

When Bob Odenkirk was shooting “Nobody,” his 2021 action movie, that film’s writer, Derek Kolstad, had an idea. It was on the night when they were shooting one of the sequences with Odenkirk, who played an everyman who has a secret past as an assassin, on a city bus. This new idea also involved long-buried secrets and Odenkirk as an unlikely action hero. (Although, to be fair, he has become a more likely action hero since doing “Nobody” and its …

Bob Odenkirk’s Transformation Into John Wick Is Just Beginning

Editor’s note: This interview was originally published during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Magnolia Pictures releases “Normal” in theaters starting April 17, 2026. “John Wick” writer Derek Kolstad is as amazed as anyone that Bob Odenkirk, the 62-year-old comic star of “Mr. Show” and of acclaimed dramas “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” has become America’s next big action star. Between two “Nobody” films and Odenkirk’s late…