I recently started to watch Better Call Saul, although I AM a Breaking Bad fan since 2013 but OMGGGG NACHO’s raspy VOICE. Okay, enough said. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

Hello, Reddit! My name is Juan Carlos Cantú and I play Nacho's dad, Manuel Varga. You asked me for an AMA, so here it is!

I am originally from Monterrey, Mexico. I attended Trinity University in San Antonio, TX where I got a BA in Drama. I moved to Los Angeles in 1983 but didn't start working as an actor until 1988, I had a young family back then and had to have a "Regular Job." I worked for a small local advertising agency for about a year and then as a Marketing Manager for a Mexican Food Company. However, this job had no flexibility, so in 1988 I got a job with the Los Angeles County Superior Court as a Spanish Interpreter and this job gave me the flexibility to pursue my acting career. I worked there for 30 years, it was a good paying job, I called it my "Instead of being a waiter job." I have the 3 best kids a father could ask for, I'm extremely proud of all of them. My 2 daughters are also actors and my son is a Doctor in Neurobiology. I am what in Hollywood is called a  "Working Actor." I have been blessed with a very good career and although I am not a movie or TV star I work constantly. I am not wealthy but a have a very comfortable standard of living. My family has never lacked anything. I'm also a "Character Actor" which is Hollywood's way of saying "You're not good looking enough to be a leading man." I've enjoyed working on Batter Call Saul where the cast, crew, directors, writers and producers are top notch and have always been extremely good to me.

If you want to know more about my acting career, you could check my IMDB here:  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1091922  However, my personal website is better because you can watch videos of parts I have played. I am particularly proud of my recent work on a show called Good Trouble where I play an 84-year-old man: juancarloscantu.com

I'll try to be on until at least 1 pm Pacific (4 pm Eastern) to answer your questions. Unfortunately, I cannot answer anything regarding the upcoming season of Better Call Saul, including whether or not I am even in it. I look forward to answering your questions!

I was rewatching the show, as one does, and have always wondered what kind of medication did they trade. Anyone have any ideas?

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The AMA concluded with the following message:

>Well my friends I have to prepare a self-tape audition and reluctantly have to go, it has been a pleasure talking with you. > >I became an actor in order to help people forget their daily problems if only for a little while, if I have done this as Manuel Varga on BCS mission accomplished. > >Thanks again for all your comments and love, thanks for being a fan of the show and this your humble servant. > >Juan Carlos Cantu

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on his BB debut, Saul screams it was nacho, we get that he expects Lalo or Salmancas to be the ones who kidnaps him, but does that mean, that Vince & Peter has always had the BCS idea or the Varga storyline, is there an article on this? I think there must be, help please.

Alright, now let’s also discuss how we think Nacho Varga and Lalo Salamanca’s characters are going to ultimately end up. We know Nacho’s a ninja after getting out before the raid squad found him in the trap house, but Lalo is a ruthless assassin with every intent to exact revenge. Who will prevail? And if it’s a draw, what happens to them both? Or do they both end up dead, one way or another? These are things we should discuss my fellow BCS fanatics. Also, if Nacho lives specifically, does he get out or get caught up? Im so excited for season 6 if you can’t tell

Don’t read if you haven’t seen the Season 5 Finale

So as we know, Lalo survived the assassination attempt, and from the look he gives to the glasses him and Nacho shared, it’s clear he knows Gus was behind it, and Nacho had a hand in it, thus he knows Nacho is a double agent for Gus. I think he’ll catch up with Nacho after, but won’t kill him; he knows Nacho is in with Gus, so I’ll think he’ll use Nacho as a triple agent for Gus, using Manuel as a pawn against Nacho. It’s clear Manuel doesn’t want to run, even though he has a target on his head. I think Nacho will tell him that Lalo now has a hit on him, and he’ll maybe give Manuel a gun for protection. I think something will happen, and Lalo comes to threaten Manuel’s life in front of Nacho, but Manuel decides he’s had enough of his son being used as a pawn and living in fear (thinking Lalo is the one behind the threats on his life, and that Gus isn’t involved), and will shoot Lalo. Gus will then have to clear the murder up so authorities don’t find out, since Lalo’s death could blow the whole thing open (probably sending Mike), and I think somehow Nacho and Manuel will find out about Ed the disappearer through Mike, since Mike takes pity on Nacho and knows he and his dad can’t stick around. Gus then realises he’s lost a double agent in the cartel and nearly got the whole operation blown open, basically because he motivated Nacho through fear only, and his father picked up on that but mistakenly thought it was Lalo and so killed him. And Mike is like ‘I told you something would happen if you tried to motivate Varga this way’

Probably none of this will happen but it’s fun to think about.

Michael Mando AKA Nacho Varga in Better Call Saul is doing an AMA on r/iAMA

Tomorrow Tuesday 4pm (ET)

Lalo Salamanca and Nacho are some of my characters In Better Call Saul, and I have A few ideas for how both of them could’ve fit into Breaking Bad. I hope you like them:

So the first idea I have is when Walter White and Jesse Pinkman join into the drug trade business of dealing crystal meth with Tuco as they did In Seasons 1 and 2, Lalo Salamanca gets introduced as a close partner of Tuco during Season 1. Seeing how Lalo is in Better Call Saul, he doesn't have a lot of rage issues, so I don’t think he would beat one of his men to death to terrify Walter White and Jesse like Tuco does, but he can resort to other methods to intimidate them than using rage.

Then at one point in Breaking Bad, Lalo Salamanca can try to convince Walter White to join him in his new rivalry against Gus Fring, and he could make a greater product that undercuts the success of the distribution of Gus. However, Walter White’s ego as Heisenberg would most likely get in the way of the new surprise of Lalo, after Gus is taken down, so this could have Heisenberg and Lalo rival each other.

As for Nacho Varga, if he continued to work for Gus Fring as An informant/double agent during the events of Breaking Bad, I have to imagine he would team up with Walter White and Jesse Pinkman so they can take him down from the inside during Season 4 of Breaking Bad.

What do you guys think of those ideas?

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I know it's not really a cowboy boot... But I was told by others that y'all may have a better idea of what it is, or a similar shoe.

Let me know if this isn't the right place for this post.

Thanks either way!

Edit: He's the guy on the right in every picture I shared.

Anyone know any placate to get them tall slim fit? Thanks!!

Somebody may have already brought this point up, but...

In Season 2 Episode 8 of BrBa ("Better Call Saul"), Saul gets dragged away by Jesse and Walt. When they take the hood off, Saul sees the hole in the ground and immediately starts panicking. He shouts that "it wasn't [him]. It was Ignacio." Then he asks if Lalo sent them.

Assuming that there aren't any more Nachos and Lalos out there, whatever plays out in the coming season will leave them both alive, but maybe not whole.

Clearly something goes down between Nacho and Lalo, as we've already expected, and Jimmy has a role to play in their war.

EDIT: Whoops. I'm wrong. Saul saying that it was Ignacio doesn't exclude the possibility that Ignacio is dead. All he was doing was pointing fingers; it doesn't mean the person to blame is still alive. My bad.

EDIT 2: Commenters have made me realize that Saul’s knowledge may not be complete. So back to square one; we don’t know if they live or die. Whoops again!

Nacho is Mexican-Hungarian. Ha. Bojler eladó.

Edit: Typo on the first instance of Nacho's last name. Oh well.

The AMA Juan Carlos Cantu did today got me thinking about this one scene that I couldn’t seem to find anywhere-

Where nacho has given his dad cash and then at a later point his dad calls him back into the room to take the money back.

IIRC correctly, Manuel doesn’t even say a word. The entire scene might be silent- but Christ that’s why I loved it so much.

Cantu’s ability to express so many emotions in his eyes and face without saying a word… just phenomenal acting.

Could someone help me find a clip or even just refer me to the episode? Thanks

Except Nacho is more serious and shit. Like Jesse wanted out so bad in BB, and in BCS Nacho is the one who wants out. I’m just comparing the two because of how repentant they are. They’re good people but they got involved with some horrible people who actually happen to be the same people. Tuco, Gus, Mike, Krazy 8, and all those people. Also their parents are disappointed in both of them.

That’s it. That’s the post.

Hoping someone clan clear this up for my husband and me. We just recently finished Breaking Bad a few weeks ago and started watchibg Better Call Saul. Is there anyway that the character Nacho Varga was ever in Breaking Bad? He's not credited but we swear we remember seeing him on BB. Am I losing my mind?

As I was rewatching bcs season 4 I wanted to know how Gus knew about Mike and nacho’s relation.

We see that Nacho Varga has the two ID's made for his Father and himself. And we know that he plans to run away. His father is upset that he is went "BACK" to work for the Salamanca's. Nacho seems relatively wise and intelligent. He wants to do right by his dad. He has these two ID's but doesn't feel safe running yet. When his Dad asks him something to the effect of "how long are you going to be working for them?" he says "I'm working on it...".

My theory is this... Nacho Varga went back to work for the Salamanca's because he knew it would come back to bite him in the ass. He wanted to run away but couldn't afford the cost that the Vacuum Guy charges. This is why he went back to work. Hoping to save enough money that he can get him and his father safely placed in a new life. Just having a couple ID's isn't enough. He needs a new life for them. This is how they are going to introduce the Vacuum Guy to the Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad universe. Just a thought.

TLDR; Nacho is working for the Salamanca's to save up money to pay the Vacuum Guy to get him and his father a new life somewhere safe.

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I remember watching a video, where Michael Mando talks about how during the character briefing Vince Gilligan told him, "Nacho isn't a guy who would use a hammer to kill a bee" and how he is different from Tuco in terms of violence.

I can't really find the video on YouTube anymore. Maybe it's taken down or something. Has anyone on this subreddit come across it?

I watched the first episode their dealings are introduced (Pimento) but I don't think they got into how they originally got into contact with one another. It seems unlikely that they just happen to run into each other.

How do you think Nacho Varga's story will end?