Vince Gilligan is already a legendary creator of TV series, who gave us such timeless works as the beloved “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul”so it’s no wonder that the announcement of the new series causes quite a sensation. Gilligan teamed up with Apple TV+ i we can count on an original sci-fi story.
This time we will receive an adaptation of Neal Shusterman’s novel “All Better Now”. The novel focuses on a strange phenomenon – they only feel happy because of the viruse. What could go wrong? We will soon find out about this thanks to the series, the plot of which has been a secret for a very long time, and in which we will see Rhea Seehorn in the main role. We met the actress years ago in another cult production.
Rhea Seehorn plays the main role of the series “The One”. She earned two Emmy nominations for her role in Better Call Saul. She was a close person to the title character – Goodman’s conflicted girlfriend who got involved in complicated intrigues.
“She’s naturally dangerous,” said Bob Odenkirk (Saul Goodman). “Her power on screen is enormous, her dynamic range is amazing. He has the strength of character of the main character – I’ll say it straight. He has the backbone and steel determination of the main character.”
Her performance impressed the creators of the series already during the audition.
“I hate to say I didn’t know she existed before auditioning and casting her. But she was just fantastic from day one. Peter and I saw potential in her, to take a show that was initially about one character and make it into a two-person play. And very, very quickly, at the beginning of ‘Better Call Saul,’ I knew I wanted to work with her again after it was over,” Gilligan told the LA Times.
From an early age she was interested in painting and drawing, but at the same time she dreamed of becoming an actress. She thought she might be able to get a job as an exhibition designer or art restorer at the Smithsonian or one of the other museums. But when she had to take an elective course during her freshman year of college, she saw an opportunity to try something she otherwise thought unattainable. Unfortunately, she decided to change her career path only after her father’s death, when she was a college student and joined an acting class.
Before she started earning money from her passion, she worked as a cinema ushershe read directions for new plays, she was a hostess. Over time, she began to receive her first more serious roles.
She was a Broadway actress for many years, but the aforementioned Vince Gilligan saw potential in her. However, the details of the new cooperation were hidden from her for a long time, and work on the set was unfortunately delayed by screenwriters’ strikes.
For a while, Seehorn only had the first draft of the script to evaluate the world Gilligan was building. She eventually won two more, and two Hollywood strikes began in 2023. However, the materials she obtained turned out to be so convincing that she stated: “Wow, that really says a lot about me.”
Although the actress does not want to reveal too much information about the upcoming production, we know that we are waiting for a thought-provoking show.
“What would you do in such a situation?” – the actress asks a question in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
The heroine of the series “The Only One” is a very complicated person who cannot find her way in the new world. Portraying her internal conflict required many hours of conversations between the actress and the director.
“Are you wondering how to measure success? Everything – relationships, career, talent, ambitions. There are reasons why we create armor, sometimes long-term, sometimes short-term. There are choices that are survival skills that are good for you in the moment, but later on they are no longer the same crutches and tools that they once were. In the beginning, Carol gives a performance – where she hates her life and questions the people who like her work because it’s not impressive enough – Vince and I, people of art, We had some deep conversations about this” – she continued in the same conversation.
What advice does he have for viewers just before the series premiere?
“Don’t be like Carol,” he states without a shadow of a doubt.
A nine-episode series will debut on Apple TV with two episodes on Friday, November 7, 2025. Subsequent ones will be broadcast every Friday until December 26.