As with his iconic comedy sketches for “Saturday Night Live” or “Mr. Show,” just give actor and son of Naperville Bob Odenkirk a moment with an idea and he’ll come up with a premise unique and funny enough to steal attention.

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that the writer who helped bring Chris Farley as Matt Foley to life could figure out the secret sauce to Hollywood stardom, even in the unlikely world of action movies.

In town recently to promote his new movie “Nobody 2,” Odenkirk, who produced and stars in the film, talked about his dramatic turn to grittier roles, first in FX’s “Fargo” series and then as the scheming Saul Goodman in “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul.”

Being able to find the funny in those characters helped him find the balance between dark humor and extreme violen

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