Raymond Cruz Talks Surprise Appearance on AMC's BETTER CALL SAUL

After Tuco Salamanca's (Raymond Cruz) surprise appearance in the first episode of AMC's BREAKING BAD spinoff BETTER CALL SAUL last week, Cruz took a moment to talk to People about keeping his character's cameo a secret, plus how he sees Tuco. Scroll down for highlights from the interview, and read the original piece here!

On Tuco as good or evil: "I've never seen Tuco as a bad person. I see Tuco as someone who, in his very core, is fair. You have to convince him, but he's fair. He'll listen to your argument. ... By the time we get to Breaking Bad, his perception is altered by the fact that he's using this blue meth."

On keeping his guest appearance on the down low: "They asked me to please not tell anyone, and when I went to the shoot, I was hidden under umbrellas. I was in the hotel under an assumed name ... No one could know I was there. It was like disappearing off the earth!" Except for his wife, whom he "had to swear to secrecy."

People writes that Cruz will not be returning to BETTER CALL SAUL this season but is "open to the possibility of returning in the future."

Cruz has also appeared on TV in MAJOR CRIMES, THE CLOSER, MY NAME IS EARL and more.

About BETTER CALL SAUL - BETTER CALL SAUL is the prequel to the award-winning series Breaking Bad. Gilligan and BREAKING BAD writer and producer Peter Gould created the show together and serve as co-showrunners of the premiere season. The series is set six years before Saul Goodman (Odenkirk) meets Walter White. When we meet him, the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is "fixer" Mike Erhmantraut (Banks), a beloved character introduced inBreaking Bad. The series will track Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts "criminal" in "criminal lawyer." The series' tone is dramatic, woven through with dark humor.

BREAKING BAD creator and showrunner Vince Gilligan directed the first episode of the series, which has already been greenlit for a second season of 13 episodes. The debut season will consist of 10 episodes.

BETTER CALL SAUL is executive produced by Gilligan, Gould, Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, Diner, Rain Man) and Melissa Bernstein (Breaking Bad, Rectify, Halt and Catch Fire) with BREAKING BAD alums Thomas Schnauz and Stewart A. Lyons as co-executive producers for Sony Pictures Television.

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