Actor Kevin Costner hit a new level of stardom when he starred as John Dutton in the neo-Western show Yellowstone. The show has garnered much appreciation for its writing and performances and also has a dedicated fanbase. Though the show has yet to receive any nominations from the Primetime Emmy Awards, it has received other accolades.
One of the most memorable performances in the show is of Kevin Costner, who won the Golden Globe award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 2023. He was up against stalwarts such as Jeff Bridges, Bob Odenkirk, Diego Luna, and Adam Scott. The Better Call Saul team poked fun at Costner’s win with a reference from the show on their social media.
Better Call Saul Celebrates Kevin Costner’s Golden Globe Win With A Cheeky Reference
Kevin Costner’s performance as John Dutton in Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone garnered him much appreciation from audiences and critics alike. The actor has had a tryst with the Western genre throughout his career, fetching him his first Golden Globe and Oscar as Best Director for the Western Dances with Wolves. The film is credited with reviving the genre.
In 2023, Costner won his third Golden Globe, his second for acting, for Yellowstone. He was up against other extraordinary actors such as Bob Odenkirk from Better Call Saul, Adam Scott from Severence, Diego Luna from Andor, and Jeff Bridges from The Old Man. For his win, the Better Call Saul team posted a congratulations Tweet with a cheeky reference to their show.
Congrats on your big win, Kevin Costner. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/pSm68usVLp
— Better Call Saul (@BetterCallSaul) January 11, 2023
In the show, Bob Odenkirk’s Jimmy McGill successfully seduces a woman pretending to be Kevin Costner and gets caught the next morning after she realizes that he is not the Yellowstone star. The story is also mentioned in Better Call Saul’s original show Breaking Bad, in which Odenkirk first made his appearance as Saul Goodman.
The tweet was a tongue-in-cheek reference to one of the funniest moments in the show. It is also a play on Odenkirk’s physical similarity to Kevin Costner. Better Call Saul also lost the Best Television Series – Drama category to the HBO show House of the Dragon.
Bob Odenkirk’s Better Call Saul Famously Never Won An Emmy Despite Acclaim
Bob Odenkirk starred in the Breaking Bad spinoff show Better Call Saul for six seasons. The show was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould and was acclaimed throughout its run on AMC. The show has often been considered to be a worthy successor to the original crime drama and many have even placed it above the Bryan Cranston-starrer.
While Bob Odenkirk’s performance as Jimmy McGill a.k.a Saul Goodman has been acclaimed by critics and fans alike, he never won an Emmy or a Golden Globe during his entire six-season run. According to Den of Geek, the show itself had received a whopping 53 nominations at the Emmys and never won any award.
On the contrary, the show’s predecessor Breaking Bad had won 16 Emmys and 2 Golden Globes. It even won lead actor Bryan Cranston one Golden Globe and four Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actor in a TV Series – Drama. The extensive wins for the predecessor are speculated to have hampered the victories of the spinoff show.
Better Call Saul also faced stiff competition from other well-written and performed dramas of the decade including House of the Dragon, Yellowstone, and Succession. The show lost the Golden Globe to House of the Dragon in 2022 and lost the Emmys to its predecessor Game of Thrones twice before. It also lost the award for shows such as Succession and The Handmaid’s Tale.
