After working as a lawyer trying to save Saul Goodman in Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould’s “Better Call Saul,” it’s now Rhea Seehorn ’s turn to save the world in Apple TV’s “ Pluribus .”

In the new sci-fi drama, Seehorn plays Carol Sturka, an author who must save the world from happiness after an unexplained virus is unleashed. After previously working with Gilligan on “Better Call Saul” for seven years, Seehorn was approached with the opportunity to be the lead in “Pluribus,” which originally was written for a male lead character, but was quickly changed.

“Vince [Gilligan] is always trying to write without preaching an answer. He does not tell the audience what to think, and he trusts the intelligence of fans,” Seehorn told Variety at the “Pluribus” premiere in Los Angeles. “I fe

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