Giancarlo Esposito reveals he considered self-destruction to support his family before ‘Breaking Bad’ role

When Drug Lord Gustavo Fring became “Breaking Bad”. Giancarlo Esposito Famous around the world in 2009. But before that, the actor had financial problems to the extent that he even thought he could do more for his dead family than he did alive

“It was a tough time back then”

Esposito took smaller roles in film and television series as early as the 1970s, but it was difficult for him to stay on with the small parts and over time he feared for the future safety of his children. He told SiriusXM’s “Jim & Sam” show that he was now so desperate that he considered committing his own murder to pay off his life insurance.

He explained in the conversation that his wife’s father at the time worked for an insurance company and for this reason he was able to deal more precisely with events in all aspects and that he also knew them.

The mime also said that the insurance situation would have become too complicated if there was a suicide, which is why he thought of other scenarios. “If I got someone to kill me, an unfortunate death, they would get the insurance,” he is said to have thought at the time.

“I have four children. I wanted them to have a life. It was a tough time back then. I was literally thinking of self-destruction so they could live. That’s how low I had sunk.”

“Breaking Bad” was the turning point

He was able to stop himself from making any more plans because he then thought of the emotional pain he would cause his family. And then he got the “Breaking Bad” role. This was “the light at the end of the tunnel” for him.

After the role as Gustavo Fring, things did not improve financially – in general his career received a new impetus and he played in “The Mandalorian“and”The Boys“with.