So, what is his actual back story? Where is he actually from? (It is possible that this question is not answerable, but perhaps there were some clues that I missed.)
Na maior parte, é irrespondível . É intencionalmente deixado um mistério na tela. Honestamente, qualquer coisa que eles poderiam ter colocado no show como sua história de fundo não teria tanto impacto quanto não dizer nada. Ele também não foi mencionado ou expandido em nenhuma entrevista com seu ator Giancarlo Esposito, ou criador Vince Gilligan. Na verdade, ele declarou publicamente que ele não sabe :
All through episode eight, Gus Fring is not wanting people to know about his background. He apparently has some backstory that’s deep and dark and allows him to avoid getting killed at the end of episode eight, but we’re wondering this whole time, “Who is this guy? Who was he in Chile? What is he trying to hide?” To be honest, we haven’t quite nailed that down. It has something to do with the Pinochet government, we think, but that’s about as close as we’ve gotten. At the end of the day, try not to nail down anything that we don’t have to.
"Nós", é claro, referindo-se à equipe de criação.