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El actor de Breaking Bad que estuvo a punto de quedar al mando en The Office: “Una oportunidad perdida”

En 2005, The Office desembarcó en la cadena estadounidense NBC, con un remake de la serie británica que había sido emitida entre 2001 y 2003 en la BBC. Esta versión, protagonizada por Steve Carell, tendría un recorrido de ocho años en antena, pero su impacto permanece hasta hoy gracias a su disponibilidad en plataformas de streaming y el continuo éxito que sigue cosechando entre nuevas generaciones.
Entre sus personajes más recordados está Michael Scott, interpretado por Carell, quien se convirtió en un referente de la comedia televisiva. Sin embargo, todo esto pudo haber sido muy diferente. Un giro inesperado en la selección de su protagonista cambió el rumbo de la serie de manera definitiva, conectando incluso con una de las ficciones más emblemáticas de la televisión, Breaking Bad.
Bob Odenkirk, reconocido principalmente por su interpretación de Saul Goodman en Breaking Bad y Better Call Saul, estuvo a punto de interpretar a Michael Scott en The Office. Esta revelación, hecha por el actor en el podcast Office Ladies (presentado por las actrices Jenna Fischer y Angela Kinsey, quienes interpretaron a Pam y Angela en la serie), destaca una de las decisiones que pudo haber transformado por completo el destino de ambas series.
Odenkirk explicó que su seriedad al momento de hacer casting fue probablemente uno de los motivos por los cuales fue descartado para el papel. “Soy serio de una forma muy extraña, y creo que es una de las razones por las que Steve Carell es mejor, es quien obtuvo el papel”, expresó.
A pesar de no haber sido seleccionado para el personaje de Michael Scott, Odenkirk no perdió la oportunidad de hacer un guiño a lo que podría haber sido su participación en la serie. En el episodio 16 de la novena temporada, el actor apareció en un cameo como el jefe de una empresa inmobiliaria donde Pam busca trabajo tras dejar Dunder Mifflin.
En este episodio, Odenkirk ofrece una interpretación que recuerda a lo que habría sido su versión de Michael Scott, aunque el actor comentó que, en su interpretación, estaba más bien haciendo un “homenaje” a Carell, reconociendo el impacto que el actor dejó en el papel y lo diferente que habría sido su aproximación al personaje.
Su participación en este episodio sirvió para mostrar a los fanáticos lo que habría sido su versión del excéntrico jefe, y es un testimonio de cómo una oportunidad perdida puede llevar a otros caminos igualmente exitosos. “Una oportunidad perdida puede convertirse en un camino igualmente exitoso”, destacó el propio Odenkirk. También resaltó que, aunque el personaje que interpretó en su cameo no era comparable al de Michael Scott, le permitió finalmente dar una idea de su estilo único de interpretación en el contexto de The Office.

La decisión de elegir a Carell terminó, sin dudas, cambiando el curso de The Office. El actor interpretó a un jefe desastroso, impredecible y, a menudo, inapropiado, cuyas meteduras de pata y momentos de incomodidad se convirtieron en la esencia de la serie. Su personaje se transformó en un personaje fundamental para el éxito de la serie y la ausencia de este, cuando dejó el show en la séptima temporada, dejó un vacío que los guionistas intentaron llenar, pero que nunca logró ser sustituido por completo.
Por su parte, Odenkirk, tras no haber obtenido el papel que terminó en manos de Carell, no se quedó atrás. Años más tarde, se convertiría en una de las figuras clave de Breaking Bad con su interpretación de Saul Goodman, el abogado corrupto y hábil que se convierte en uno de los personajes más complejos y fascinantes de la serie. Aunque inicialmente su personaje iba a ser solo una aparición temporal, su impacto fue tan grande que se decidió extender su presencia en la trama y, eventualmente, darle su propio spin-off, Better Call Saul.
El creador de Breaking Bad, Vince Gilligan, eligió a Odenkirk para el papel de Saul después de ver su trabajo cómico en Mr. Show with Bob and David, una serie de sketchs que Odenkirk protagonizó en la década de 1990. A pesar de que Odenkirk era conocido por su comedia, Gilligan vio en él el potencial para un personaje dramático que pudiera equilibrar la ironía y la gravedad de la situación en la que se encontraba, lo que resultó en una elección brillante.
Breaking Bad se caracterizó por su tono oscuro y serio, pero la inclusión de Saul Goodman trajo consigo un matiz de humor ácido y una crítica a la moralidad de los personajes.
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Video shows IDF F-35I ‘Adir’ shooting down Iranian fighter jet over Tehran

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The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday released a video it said shows the moment an Israeli F-35I «Adir» stealth fighter jet shot down an Iranian air force Yak-130 over Tehran, marking the first time the advanced aircraft has downed a manned fighter in combat.
«Completed. Target down. The target is down,» the pilot can be heard saying in the footage set to «Star Wars» theme music.
Israel’s military said Wednesday that the shoot down over the Iranian capital was a key milestone for its F-35 fleet.
Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, commander of the Israeli air force, commended the pilots who carried out the mission as part of Operation Roaring Lion.
An Israeli Air Force F-35I «Adir» shoots down an Iranian Yak-130 fighter jet in a historic aerial engagement. (@IDF/X)
«The historic shoot down over the Tehran skies is a testament to the strength of the Israeli Air Force and to your personal determination,» Bar said. «The war continues – return home safely. Get some rest. The next mission is already waiting for you.»
The F-35I is Israel’s customized version of the U.S.-made F-35 Lightning II, a fifth-generation stealth fighter that anchors the country’s air fleet.
Israel became the first country to select the aircraft through the U.S. government’s Foreign Military Sales process in 2010 and received its first jet in June 2016.
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An Iranian Yak-130 is struck midair by an Israeli F-35I «Adir» during a high-stakes confrontation. (@IDF/X)
The Israeli air force gave the aircraft the Hebrew name «Adir,» meaning «Mighty One.»
The Yak-130, by contrast, is a Russian-made, two-seat combat training aircraft designed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau and manufactured by United Aircraft Corporation.
It first flew in 1996 and remains in active production.
Iran received its first Yak-130 aircraft in September 2023, according to Press TV, Iran’s state-run English-language broadcaster, as part of a broader effort to modernize its air force.
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A Russian-made Yak-130 subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft maneuvers during a flying display on the third day of the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, England, on July 11, 2012. (Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images)
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In November 2023, Brig. Gen. Mahdi Farahi, Iran’s deputy defense minister, told Tasnim, a semi-official Iranian news agency, that plans had been finalized for Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets, Mil Mi-28 attack helicopters and additional Yak-130 trainers to join the country’s armed forces.
Iran previously acquired MiG-29 fighter jets from Russia in the 1990s.
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Tom Emmer calls for Tim Walz, Keith Ellison to ‘serve jail time’ if fraud coverup allegations are true

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EXCLUSIVE: The highest-ranking Minnesotan in Congress is calling for a deeper investigation into allegations that leaders in his state government knowingly ignored evidence of welfare fraud, and he called for those leaders to even face incarceration if proven true.
«People are sick and tired of elected officials having a double standard, being treated differently than they are. They’re held accountable for things that they should be held accountable for, when their elected officials are not,» House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told Fox News Digital.
«If these two guys are dirty, they should be held accountable, and they should serve jail time.»
He was referring to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison, two of several witnesses at a high-profile hearing on fraud conducted by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is criticizing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s administration over the fraud scandal plaguing the state. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images; Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)
Both Walz and Ellison insisted that they were serious about prosecuting fraud in the state’s social programs and that they took action to stop it once it was brought to their attention.
But Emmer cited a report by the House Oversight Committee that accused them both of knowing about the fraud earlier than previously thought and delaying public accountability for fear of political retribution from progressives in the state — particularly the Somali community in Minneapolis, who Republicans have accused of taking advantage of the state’s welfare system.
«They might have been able to qualify it enough that it wasn’t black and white, but if they lied to the committee this morning about knowing about the fraud and when they knew about the fraud and the FBI investigation, that is a criminal act of its own,» Emmer told Fox News Digital.
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«So I do believe, depending on this report and what else the majority staff is doing, they very well may want to call them back in and depose them under oath.»

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison speaks during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. (Tom Brenner/AP Photo)
He added at another point, «You have maybe 80 to 100,000 Somalis in Minnesota. Tim Walz won with 52%. They made a difference. Keith Ellison won by less than 1%. I think it was 20,000 votes. Makes a difference. So if those are connected, yeah, I mean, this is campaign fraud.»
«I’ve taken accountability for this. I’m not going to run again. I need to spend the time fixing this,» Walz said during the hearing. «This does undermine trust in government. Do I wish there were things that could have happened earlier? Yes. But in this job, ‘wish’ didn’t do it. I’m looking into where I see it.»
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At another point, Walz attributed the rise in fraud statistics to an increase in prosecutions, telling Republicans, «When you catch people and prosecute them, it shows up as a fraud increase.»
He also dismissed accusations that he kept whistle-blowers quiet over fear of being seen as Islamophobic, «I can’t speak to it because it’s not anything I would say.»
Ellison, meanwhile, said he was happy to work across bipartisan lines to prosecute fraud.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz testifies during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2026. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
«I am here to work to improve this system, and there are improvements that can be made,» he said. «If we can get out of fixing the blame and get to fixing the problem, that would be an enormous thing for me.»
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But Emmer, who maintained that further investigation was needed, suggested he doubted their intentions.
«It’s power. They want power. In order for them to get power, they need to be elected. In order for them to get elected, they have to cheat in different ways. And that is exactly what they did,» Emmer said. «If the Somali community is being used by these public officials to get themselves into office…it sure does look suspect, it needs to be investigated.»
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