Giancarlo Esposito
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Reflecting on his financial woes this week, Giancarlo Esposito recalled the time he considered ordering his own murder for life insurance money for his family.
Currently appearing on SiriusXM jim and sam Esposito said on the show that he went through two bankruptcies before landing. Breaking Bad, and the foreclosure of his home. At his worst, he told the host, he considered suicide.
“The first person who thought there was a way out was my wife’s father. May his soul rest in peace, Pops McManigal had insurance,” Esposito said. “So I asked [my ex-wife], I started researching, “How much insurance do I have?” And she said to me: The solution in my head was, “Hey, do you have life insurance? If someone commits suicide, will they have bread and butter?” Ta. And her wife said, “Well, that’s a little difficult.” ”
From there, Esposito said, “we just started making plans.”
“If someone falls off them and they’re unlucky enough to die, they’ll get insurance,” he said. “I had four children. I wanted them to have a life. It was a tough moment. In order for them to survive, I literally considered self-annihilation. That’s how much I leveled up. was low.”
Esposito said she came close to taking drastic measures, but in the end it was her family who saved her.
“I started thinking that it wasn’t viable, because the pain I was inflicting on them was lifelong, lifelong trauma, and magnifying the intergenerational trauma that I was trying to escape from.” Because I just do it,” he said. “The light at the end of the tunnel, Breaking Bad. There were a few small things that happened before I started to recover. Breaking Bad It was light. ”
Esposito played the villainous drug lord Gus Fring on AMC’s Emmy Award-winning show. He also reprized the character in a network spinoff. Better Call SaulBut he said this week that he ultimately declined the offer to participate. Breaking Bad The universe forever.
“I was a guest on that show, but even then, guests do one guest appearance and then come back for another. They offered me a contract, but I said no. Told. It gave me strength,” he said. “The reason I said no is because at the end of the third season they wanted me to sign a six-month contract. They would have given me some money, which would have been great. It would have been a hosting fee, but I had to go to them and say, “Can I do a Disney project?” Can I do it? Can I do that? ‘And there was a fear that they would say no. I didn’t understand their intentions either. ”
Since then, Esposito has continued to play roles in a variety of fields. the mandalorian, the boys And AMC’s new show, parish. On the big screen this year, he also appears in the following films: Abigail and M○○in.
