Salamanca family and a foil equal to Gus Fring. He credited their casting directors Sherry Thomas and Sharon Bialy for selecting Dalton for the role, adding that Dalton had "the charm, and the joy, and the threat" needed for the character and "all the charm of a '40s movie star". Gould said Lalo was named after the composer Lalo Schifrin. The episode "Wiedersehen", written by Gennifer Hutchison, fleshes out Lalo further. Hutchison said that while just as "scary" as the other Salamancas, he is "a little more circumspect about things". She explained that the producers wanted him to be "a little charming", in contrast to the other Salamancas, who have she felt had few qualities beyond fearsomeness. Dalton said that the season five finale, "Something Unforgivable", provides a breadth not seen in prior episodes. Lalo first appears as a charismatic person his extended family and cartel leaders welcome but shows a vicious and vengeful side after his family comes under attack. Dalton said that Lalo's unbridled anger in season six is what differentiates him from his laidback personality in season five. Michael Mando, who portrays Nacho, described Lalo as "a Salamanca in every way, just like Tuco and Hector had their own flavors to the erratic Salamancas". Gilligan and Gould gave Dalton the freedom to take Lalo's personality as he saw fit, just as they had allowed Jonathan Banks to develop Mike Ehrmantraut during Breaking Bad, though they also told Dalton to think of Lalo as something of a "Prince of the Narcos". Dalton considers Lalo to be in juxtaposition to Gus due to Lalo's laidback attitude and "loose body language" that contrasts with Gus being constantly anxious about decisions and having a "tight body language". According to Dalton, Lalo was not originally meant to be very charming; he felt the series needed someone "kind of smiling and carefree and a little bit mischievous" like Jimmy but "in the bad guy's part". Dalton took inspiration from Samuel L. Jackson's character Jules Winnfield from Pulp Fiction to create this "[k]ind of this smart ass, sort of scary but kind of carefree, kind of cool guy", as well as the negative characters portrayed by Jack Nicholson. He also sought to move away from his role in the TV series Sr. Ávila as a hitman who he felt had "zero personality". Instead, he took inspiration from Geoffrey Rush's character in Elizabeth who smiles