Star of the new action-packed thriller Normal, Bob Odenkirk, joined IGN Fan Fest 2026 to talk about his role in the creation of his character Ulysses, and why he does his own stunts.
“I like doing my own fighting. And if I’m doing my own fighting, they can keep the camera on me and I can play the guy. I can do his expressions,” Odenkirk explained. “I wanted to play a guy who actually got hurt, who actually got worn down as you watch the movie. He gets tired. He gets hurt. He gets dinged up because I just feel like that is actually not something you’ve seen a lot of. Action stars that I know of, I don’t know all of them, but the ones that I know are somewhat… they’re machines. They never really get hurt. They never accrue damage. And I wanted to play a guy who in these movies starts with a little bit of self-doubt and also accrues damage along the way.”
His character in Normal, Ulysses, is a man sent to be temporary sheriff to the town of Normal, Minnesota, and soon finds himself caught up in way more excitement than he was expecting.
