Salamanca Cousins Origins - Silent But Extremely Lethal Death Cultist Assassins - Better Call Saul

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  • čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
  • The meth-addled empire of dramatic perfection that Vince Gilligan has been creating since 2008 has seen its fair share of smooth-talkers come and go. From the machine gun sales pitches of that one arms dealer in Season 3 episode 7 of Breaking Bad, to the ever-ready performances that James McGill puts on as Saul Goodman throughout Better Call Saul, words play an important role in the Gilligan-verse. Even more measured characters like Gus Fring and Mike Ehrmantraut use their words in conjunction with their reserved personas to instill fear into whoever they wish to frighten. But two characters that have made silence their most-fearsome weapon are the enigmatic Salamanca Cousins. Every time you see Leonel and Marco show up with their matching, skull-tipped boots and their flashy suits, you know something diabolical is about to go down; and it is a real testament to your skills as actors if you can endear yourself to an entire fanbase with less than a dozen lines of dialogue across 2 separate TV shows. But who exactly are they? And why are they so feared across Mexico and beyond? We’ll answer all those questions and more in this video; this is The Cousins’ Origins - Explored.
    0:00 Intro
    2:07 The Perfect Silent Assassins - The Cousins In Breaking Bad And Better Call Saul
    9:01 Interesting Facts About Daniel And Luis Moncada - The Real Life Brothers Who Play The Cousins
    11:41 Possible Real-Life Inspiration For The Cousins - The Juarez Cartel, La Linea & The Cult Of Santa Muerte
    16:39 Marvelous Verdict
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Komentáře • 251

  • @alexismaldonado9707
    @alexismaldonado9707 Před rokem +819

    How does the Audio keep getting worse 💀

  • @Commanderziff
    @Commanderziff Před rokem +227

    The Cousins do seem like the kind of characters who would be more at home fighting The Punisher.

    • @bigkahuna3534
      @bigkahuna3534 Před rokem +28

      they couldn't even handle hank. frank castle would walk right over them

    • @PennywiseTheDancingClown274
      @PennywiseTheDancingClown274 Před rokem +8

      "no... Too easy"

    • @Commanderziff
      @Commanderziff Před rokem +25

      @@bigkahuna3534 I'm not saying they'd last long, they just seem more like comic book characters. They're like the kind of hitmen that Ma Gnucci hired in "Welcome Back Frank". They would have died along with the rest, but they'd fit in with the likes of "Harry Heck".

    • @imsentinelprime9279
      @imsentinelprime9279 Před rokem +6

      They'd get clapped

    • @-Trauma.
      @-Trauma. Před rokem +4

      Saul is the only character who could take The Punisher down.

  • @58lespaul
    @58lespaul Před rokem +70

    Vince “Jillian”? 😂

    • @ship1072
      @ship1072 Před rokem +3

      Chi-hooah-hooah and however he pronounced Los Pollos Hermanos too

  • @jayku138
    @jayku138 Před rokem +15

    Say Vince Jillian one more time. I fuckin dare you

  • @DreAmeoba1
    @DreAmeoba1 Před rokem +153

    For me, the cousins made Lalo more frightening, knowing that along with his intelligence, charisma, & charm, he is directly related to psychotic freaks like them, & Tuco…..(Hector was a typical angry-old-man-gangster)

  • @moisesfreire6408
    @moisesfreire6408 Před rokem +75

    They always looked like cartoonish villains straight from a Robert Rodriguez movie and I love it. A dose of weird in a usually grounded series.

    • @esposexy2210
      @esposexy2210 Před rokem

      They are like two squirrels being given a pair of pants but no shoes and asked to file tax returns without the benefit of an urban studies degree.

  • @williamborja5044
    @williamborja5044 Před rokem +83

    In my head cannon, the reason they only speak when necessary is because its something they gave up as a religious sacrifice to santa muerte so they can be blessed in their hits

    • @JohnnyandStuff
      @JohnnyandStuff Před rokem

      I think they just barley know any English because of they were only able to speak to a doctor in the hospital once they started speaking Spanish in bcs

    • @dzap1944
      @dzap1944 Před rokem +7

      Interesting

    • @stagger9660
      @stagger9660 Před rokem

      Or they are ASPD

  • @schwarzwald6672
    @schwarzwald6672 Před rokem +35

    Holy shit just like Tony Sirrico they had real world experience no wonder they were so good. They def intimidated the hell outta me when I first got into breaking bad.

  • @333hunnit8
    @333hunnit8 Před rokem +11

    Vince Jillian LMAO

  • @teaguestarbuck
    @teaguestarbuck Před rokem +12

    It sounds like Werner Ziegler is narrating this video and it's freaking me out. 💀

  • @Grayald
    @Grayald Před rokem +42

    Was this recorded in a bathroom stall using Styrofoam cup for a microphone?

    • @BuddyBoy-ne1nw
      @BuddyBoy-ne1nw Před rokem +3

      I think it's Jimmy trying to warn the Kettlemans.

  • @elconoetupepa
    @elconoetupepa Před rokem +22

    The Salamancas should have their own show except with a comedic twist.

    • @zonolith5912
      @zonolith5912 Před rokem +4

      Good old Hector, just wants to kill everyone, hehe!

  • @bushidotestu1997
    @bushidotestu1997 Před rokem +14

    These guys feel like they belong in a 90’s action movie

  • @ButtersCCookie
    @ButtersCCookie Před rokem +16

    The audio is atrocious. Thank you anyways. Please consider Lydia.

  • @face3318
    @face3318 Před rokem +30

    I barely noticed Hector Salamanca is sitting in a wooden wheelchair in the “family is all” scene.

  • @juanantoniolopezchaides2532

    I find it hillarious that from all the cast interpreting Mexican cartel guys, besides Lalo Salamanca, these two are the only ones who actually Speak spanish with a Mexican accent. Alas their characters are essentially mute.

    • @catsandalcohol99
      @catsandalcohol99 Před rokem +9

      That's what always bothered me about BB and BCS. The Mexicans aren't Mexican and they don't really use Mexican slang or anything.

    • @pantheraonca3635
      @pantheraonca3635 Před rokem +2

      The actors for them are actually Honduran-American but they are native Spanish speakers just like Lalo's actor (his actor is Mexican-American). Eladio's actor was born in Cuba. I think Bolsa's actor is also a native Spanish speaker.

  • @captainscarlett1
    @captainscarlett1 Před rokem +35

    The CIA recruits and trains men like the cousins to do similar stuff for different goals. But for the skull boot tips they manager to blend in perfectly.

    • @elperrodelautumo7511
      @elperrodelautumo7511 Před rokem +1

      Maybe the CIA or the international contracting Agency (the same agency that Agent 47 of the hitman game series works for) trained the Salamanca twin cousins.

    • @TVGGAMEZCO
      @TVGGAMEZCO Před rokem +1

      Did they tell you this?

  • @jonanderson4474
    @jonanderson4474 Před rokem +7

    Anybody else notice Hector's chair in the flashback was made out of wheels? Dunkin dudes head in the sodas.

  • @ricardomatthews9288
    @ricardomatthews9288 Před rokem +28

    They should get their own spin-off the Better call Saul show.

  • @sizwestemele6555
    @sizwestemele6555 Před rokem +10

    Amazing. The silence is golden.

  • @moodyowlproductions4287
    @moodyowlproductions4287 Před rokem +22

    It was not an axe symbol...it was a scythe symbol...the scythe symbol is a symbol of death.

  • @kaglekoa
    @kaglekoa Před rokem +7

    Great video,,The cousins and Tuco were the scariest to me.

  • @roguerangerroger
    @roguerangerroger Před rokem +5

    They both reminds me of Al Neri from The Corleone family. Stoic, skilled, and getting things done.

  • @sergoldenhandthejust1495

    6:16 didn't look like a accident to me ;)

  • @mbryson2899
    @mbryson2899 Před rokem +4

    I hate to complain about something I got for free but the audio was hard to work through.
    Great content, though.
    I live near the Salinas Valley State Prison. Gilligan nailed it, I looked over my shoulder.

    • @iamsean92
      @iamsean92 Před rokem +1

      I agree I really like this channel no disrespect. But I can't even finish this.

  • @toddnielsen7883
    @toddnielsen7883 Před rokem +23

    Wow, what a Marvelous Video indeed! Excellent work! Thank you for the master class on the Salamanca Cousins! It really made my day hearing about Daniel And Luis Moncada's background in life aside from their incredible acting on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, they are AWESOME!

  • @bulkusmaximus1
    @bulkusmaximus1 Před rokem +6

    6:02 does nobody realise he sits in a chair which looks like a wheelchair?

  • @RySL66
    @RySL66 Před rokem +3

    They aren't silent, they just went deaf after that car exploded 4 feet behind them.

  • @manifestgtr
    @manifestgtr Před rokem +4

    I love that you went through obvious effort to keep from saying “silent but deadly”

  • @viciousvictortee1298
    @viciousvictortee1298 Před rokem +1

    Keep up the good work@

  • @social_exe
    @social_exe Před rokem +23

    I've really been enjoying the content this channel has been putting out lately, keep up the good work

  • @bencera6067
    @bencera6067 Před rokem +4

    I have no idea how they pick their narrators.. some of them don’t seem to really know their subject, some of them have weird accents, and this guy now is in his basement recording the audio on his Nokia phone lol

  • @bigspicyrealnicey
    @bigspicyrealnicey Před rokem +4

    This sounds like it was recorded on a baked potato

  • @bc-guy852
    @bc-guy852 Před rokem +26

    I think you've got some real talent; a lot of work to put one of these together.
    These characters had fabulous roles; who else inspired so much fear with so few words.
    (I hope your audio is going to improve but I subscribed and gave you a like anyway.)

  • @dejamike88
    @dejamike88 Před rokem +4

    I can’t imagine him being a motivational speaker, not because he is not qualified, it’s because I can’t picture him talking at all because of the show 🤣🤣🤣

  • @RH126B
    @RH126B Před rokem +3

    I love all the Salamancas. They are great bad guys.

  • @pyroAdapt
    @pyroAdapt Před rokem +1

    "Accidentally broke his toy"? Lol

  • @slothDAMN
    @slothDAMN Před rokem +4

    IT'S GILLIGAN, NOT, JILLIAN... 😅 Why am I even watching this?!

  • @Jpiccinino
    @Jpiccinino Před rokem +1

    Funny thing to know. Hector Salamanca (the actor) was Ace Ventura’s landlord. lol

  • @tone3400
    @tone3400 Před rokem +3

    imagine these two have a contract on you and theyre assited by the dude from no country from old men

  • @jharvey433
    @jharvey433 Před rokem +3

    Loss polos harmonous

  • @jerrypierre7825
    @jerrypierre7825 Před rokem +2

    hahahahaha hillarious that one of them is a motivational speaker knowing they play such quiet dudes

  • @TheIgnoredGender
    @TheIgnoredGender Před rokem +2

    6:17 Clearly was intentional.

  • @zAquatic_
    @zAquatic_ Před rokem +3

    Vince Jillian

  • @Bernacide
    @Bernacide Před rokem +6

    Holy shit! I feel like such a jackass! I thought the crawling in the desert was some sort of practice for crossing the border! 🤣

    • @Bernacide
      @Bernacide Před rokem +1

      The fact that, soon after, they were in the truck with ppl trying to cross the border solidified my assumption at the time!

  • @doominickjackson5359
    @doominickjackson5359 Před rokem +3

    I reall love the story of Daniel and Luis themselves

  • @rlkosty81
    @rlkosty81 Před rokem +2

    Those cousins scared the shit out of me.

  • @VeteranCapybara
    @VeteranCapybara Před rokem +4

    Vince Gillian? WTF?

  • @splinky159
    @splinky159 Před rokem

    nice mic man

  • @achilles9448
    @achilles9448 Před rokem +27

    Breaking bad is one of my favorite shows and thought the twins were badass villains and I felt like they should have been used a lot more... When they try to kill Hank I felt like the twins wouldn't kill Hank that certain way... They wouldn't attack somebody in public.. they would either try to draw them into a small place where they can't run without any witnesses and they wouldn't attack them were Hank was in a car... Remember the guy was a snitch that got a turtle and I think his name was a turtle's name.. well the twins got them in the back of the bar without any witnesses and they beheaded him that's the way I see the twins doing it not in public but that's just my opinion

    • @dufusbug
      @dufusbug Před rokem +6

      Achilles94, Your comment is spot on. What gives me the chills is when I think about when Nacho kills himself, just before he puts Bolsas gun to his own head, the camera briefly shows all of those surgical instruments set out in that old beat up house. I couldn't help but to think that if Nacho had not done himself in first, just what those Salamanca cousins would have done to him with all of those surgical instruments...

    • @achilles9448
      @achilles9448 Před rokem +3

      @@dufusbug I 100% agree

    • @mbryson2899
      @mbryson2899 Před rokem +9

      I disagree. They meant to send a message, a challenge. No one can be safe anywhere if they take one of theirs.
      It just didn't work out because of plot armor. C'mon, one loose cartridge? What are the odds?

    • @bkknoodles68
      @bkknoodles68 Před rokem +3

      Good point. The parking lot in broad daylight did seem like an odd choice for these pro hitmen. I mean, they was no reason they would be in a hurry to get Hank. The damage had already been done. And given the DEAs rep in Mexico for getting payback re Kiki Camarena (not sure if this fits with the timeline) , they seemed needlessly reckless which they hadn't really been up to that point.

    • @WaldoRod
      @WaldoRod Před rokem +3

      @@mbryson2899 yeah and it happened to be .45 hollow point despite the gun runner having no clue that the cousins were packing 1911s. Very coincidental. But whatever.

  • @bulkusmaximus1
    @bulkusmaximus1 Před rokem +1

    6:16 "accidentally"

  • @damaniqphillip2756
    @damaniqphillip2756 Před rokem +4

    Nice

  • @anthonykelly1368
    @anthonykelly1368 Před rokem +3

    They’re like 2/3 of the Mexican Hanson brothers. Too bad they never went North to play old time hockey.

  • @Zidave
    @Zidave Před rokem +3

    Frank Schrader?

  • @Cris_the_coder
    @Cris_the_coder Před rokem +9

    Wow! Their story is really inspiring. 💖

    • @-AxisA-
      @-AxisA- Před rokem

      What?:D Inspiring you to do what exactly?:D Become a cartel hitman?😂

    • @-AxisA-
      @-AxisA- Před rokem +1

      Oh I hadn't watched the whole video yet when I commented that😅😂

    • @damianplasencia2708
      @damianplasencia2708 Před rokem

      @@-AxisA- pretty sure he's talking about the actors real life story

  • @AmericanSavage1492
    @AmericanSavage1492 Před rokem +3

    Dopeness

  • @DasUhMAZIN
    @DasUhMAZIN Před rokem +3

    Ah, so they’re At-asins, and not assassins, now it makes sense

  • @andu1854
    @andu1854 Před rokem +1

    These guys scared me and I wasn’t even on the show,

  • @FreeOpenTruth
    @FreeOpenTruth Před rokem +6

    Vince Gilligan!!!! Not Jillian!!! Juarez Cartel not Varez! Learn to speak English and pronounce Spanish.

  • @atifchoudhury5180
    @atifchoudhury5180 Před rokem +1

    The Pitbull twins

  • @julianyc422
    @julianyc422 Před rokem

    They were crawling along the ground towards something when we met those brothers.

  • @chucktouchton398
    @chucktouchton398 Před rokem +3

    It's Vince GILLIGAN, not Gillian...dummy!

  • @geke7381
    @geke7381 Před rokem +49

    I always found them so goddamn edgy that I couldnt really take them serious. i thought they were portrayed like an exaggerated parody of badass characters.

    • @bringinthelemon7230
      @bringinthelemon7230 Před rokem +6

      I agree, I love BCS but their scenes with Nacho were just too much lol

    • @billross9132
      @billross9132 Před rokem +6

      they were pretty scary in bb but in bcs i think they made them into terminators which i dont rlly like its too far fetched

    • @bottominaplatecarrier1118
      @bottominaplatecarrier1118 Před rokem +4

      I agree with your appraisal there, in the grounded breaking bad series their gimmicky chrome ax and silent crawler schtick is pretty WWE

  • @ReallyBigHead
    @ReallyBigHead Před rokem

    0:52
    Subtitile: "Gus Spring and Mike Airman Trot"

  • @sparekeiv
    @sparekeiv Před rokem +1

    Who do you pronounce "Juan" as "Hugh-Ahn" ?

  • @johnysnoww3831
    @johnysnoww3831 Před rokem

    6:02 See what kind of chair Hector is sitting at, the must've done that on purpose.

  • @iamvmotherfucker
    @iamvmotherfucker Před rokem +3

    I always called them "The Angels of Death"

  • @TVGGAMEZCO
    @TVGGAMEZCO Před rokem

    Is this guy talking on his iPhone wired headphones?

  • @gnolan4281
    @gnolan4281 Před rokem +1

    Fascinating subject matter but gawdawful sound quality. Bailed at 1:19.

  • @carlito19934
    @carlito19934 Před rokem

    The only thing i remember one of them saying was when they told gus don bolsa told them to stay away from hank schrader bc he is dea

  • @5rings16
    @5rings16 Před rokem

    Hombre on the right has a Beretta CX4 storm! I have one

  • @santiagosantos345
    @santiagosantos345 Před 8 měsíci

    Los primos salamanca són mís ídolos él estilo qué portaban para infundir miedo en sus enemigos con una mirada fría qué reflejaba la muerte éso le dió un giro completamente diferente a toda la serie porque se sabía que lo qué venía era un toque de acción pero sin exagerar con tanta violencia sólo para darle un emocionante suspenso

  • @andu1854
    @andu1854 Před rokem +1

    They scared me on that show

  • @rebeccahart7455
    @rebeccahart7455 Před 5 měsíci

    It's Gill-i-gan, geeeez

  • @Guds777
    @Guds777 Před rokem +1

    La Familia Es Todo...

  • @jbtechcon7434
    @jbtechcon7434 Před rokem

    Anyone here old enough to recognize the Blockheads from Gumby? Lethal, silent, evil twins who wreak havoc and communicate solely through nods....

  • @dejamike88
    @dejamike88 Před rokem

    The twins are like silent fart… silent but deadly.

  • @clapasaurusrex395
    @clapasaurusrex395 Před rokem +3

    This feels illegal

  • @Kevin19700
    @Kevin19700 Před rokem +1

    Marvelous videos yes, audio, not so much…

  • @comquats101
    @comquats101 Před rokem +1

    Vince Jillian😁

  • @FauxPasAgain
    @FauxPasAgain Před 11 měsíci

    Did you just call Tuco Tuscos??!

  • @gennerobootz6490
    @gennerobootz6490 Před rokem

    I love Mike

  • @iamsean92
    @iamsean92 Před rokem

    the audio sounds all messed up

  • @6j6666
    @6j6666 Před 4 měsíci

    They're brothers, not cousins. They're Tuco's cousins.

  • @cdk
    @cdk Před rokem

    vince jillian

  • @snakewhitcher4189
    @snakewhitcher4189 Před rokem

    Familia es Todo. Until you make them mad.

  • @bryanfarmer1693
    @bryanfarmer1693 Před rokem

    I used to know someone who was just like the twins

  • @nawles1
    @nawles1 Před rokem

    They were also the twins in Matrix 2

  • @thompsonm1a1
    @thompsonm1a1 Před rokem +3

    These guy got style.🪓😎

  • @DarkReaperK97
    @DarkReaperK97 Před rokem

    This man recorded this in a cave

  • @theAEDan
    @theAEDan Před 9 měsíci

    They were such a goofy pair

  • @snakewhitcher4189
    @snakewhitcher4189 Před rokem

    At least they weren't shoving folks into Palo pots. Sticks are cool and all but making soup of people is crossing a line of some sort. It's not right.

  • @molassio1989
    @molassio1989 Před měsícem

    "CHEE-HOOAH-HOOAH" ....

  • @parranoic
    @parranoic Před rokem +1

    Pay for a dude that can actually say the name of the producer right...

  • @TheGodOfWarhammer
    @TheGodOfWarhammer Před rokem +1

    is Marvelous Videos an AI narrator? the pronunciation of “Los Pollos Hermanos” and “Tuco” seemed robotic

  • @MrSouthofBoston
    @MrSouthofBoston Před rokem

    I would love to watch but the audio and accent are hard to follow.

  • @SeaGrea
    @SeaGrea Před rokem +1

    Jillyan

  • @Scribe13013
    @Scribe13013 Před rokem

    I thought that was like the Virgin of Guadalupe or something

  • @MrGrxxx123
    @MrGrxxx123 Před rokem

    The baldies

  • @baronvoncrags771
    @baronvoncrags771 Před rokem +1

    Vince Jillian?