12 New TV Characters We Can't Wait To Meet In 2017
3. Gus Fring - Better Call Saul
Ok, yes, this one is cheating, because we have of course already met Gustavo Fring before now. He stands as one of the greatest characters of one of TV's greatest ever shows, but his placement on this list is down to the fact that the version we'll see in Better Call Saul Season 3 will come long before the one in Breaking Bad.
That's enough to qualify him on a technicality (hey, my rules!), since he'll really have to reinterpret the character. We've already seen that with Bob Odenkirk's Jimmy McGill, who is effectively a whole new character compared to the finished article of Saul Goodman on BB.
Since they're bringing Fring back, with Giancarlo Esposito returning, it suggests they will be doing something different with him too. It means Esposito can bring different shades to the character, and that we'll be seeing someone who isn't the complete, homicidal crime boss we know for the show's parent series.
He'll be a more immature version, still finding his way in both his legitimate business Los Pollos Hermanos and in the drug cartel. Seeing the earlier days of him, and how he begins to transition to become the Big Bad we later know, is going to be extremely captivating to watch, and just further proof of how great Better Call Saul has become.