Extensive makeup, wigs and Digital Deaging are used to make Odenkirk look closer to 40 than 60, but Odenkirk himself also pulls off the look convincingly. Bob Odenkirk was 52 when filming the first season. Jimmy is in his late thirties/early forties at the start of the series.However, there are a few cases where the actor is older than the character despite not appearing in Breaking Bad.
This is, of course, unavoidable due to the series being a prequel.
The black-and-white opening for "Uno": Saul's Omaha house is actually at the corner of Cutler Avenue and Vasar Drive in east Albuquerque, and the Cinnabon is one at Albuquerque's Cottonwood Mall.
Scenes set elsewhere are generally shot at night to hide this. However, Albuquerque doubles for other cities. Like Breaking Bad, the show is set and filmed in Albuquerque. California Doubling: Averted for the most part.The character and the actor are also both of Irish-Catholic descent. He actually stepped in to correct a reference to the specific neighborhood Jimmy would run his cons at in the first episode. Odenkirk share the exact same background, at least geographically. Bob Odenkirk was born in Berwyn, Illinois, which is right next door, and raised in Naperville which is a bit further west, but still on the same Metra commuter rail line as Cicero and Berwyn. Actor-Shared Background: Jimmy is from the Chicago suburb of Cicero, Illinois.