Hollywood star Giancarlo Esposito has revealed that he was once deeply bankrupt before starring in the hit series. Breaking Bad He said he was considering planning his own death so his family would pay the insurance money.
Esposito spoke about his difficult personal time in a recent interview on SiriusXM’s “Jim & Sam.”
The actor said that his financial problems became severe a year before he was cast in the role of Gustavo Fring. Breaking Bad. When asked how she recovered from near-bankruptcy, she said that she asked her wife, whose father works in the insurance industry, whether insurance would pay out if she committed suicide.
“She had no idea why I was asking her this,” Esposito said. “I started a conspiracy. If someone pushed me down and I died of bad luck, they would insure me. I had four children. I gave them life. I wanted you to.”
“I literally considered self-destruction so they could survive. That’s how low-level I was.”
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He added: “There was light at the end of the tunnel. Breaking Bad”
AMC’s popular series ran for five seasons starting in 2008. Esposito joined the show in the second season and became a regular cast member.
Esposito also tells this story in detail in a recent article. interview Mr. Vulture claimed he overspent and declared bankruptcy in order to “not lose out to the Joneses.”
“I didn’t talk about this for years. I didn’t know what it would look like, what it would sound like, what my tragic story would be like, how I would erase myself. “I feared what the triumph of that story would look like beyond the grave,” he said. outlet.
Prior to making films, Giancarlo Esposito had already established himself as a lucrative character actor. Breaking Bad.He played a key role in Spike Lee’s film School Daze, please do the right thingand Malcolm X.He also won supporting roles such as King of New York, The Usual Suspectsand Ali.
Esposito is currently starring in a new series on AMC. parish. He also appears in a new film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. megalopoliswill debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
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