Giancarlo Esposito once considered hiring a hitman in plan to support his family


by The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club— When he was down on his luck and wanted to support his family and make sure his kids had a good life, Giancarlo Esposito almost took a very different route than his Breaking Bad character, Gus Fring. While Gus turned to the cartel, Esposito recently revealed that he seriously considered committing insurance fraud in 2008—by hiring a hitman to kill him. “My way out in my brain was: ‘Hey, do you get life insurance if someone commits suicide? Do they get the bread?’ My wife had no idea why I was...

The Source—Giancarlo Esposito Once Considered Staging His Murder for Life Insurance. Hollywood veteran Giancarlo Esposito recently appeared in an episode of the Jim & Sam show on SiriusXM’s while promoting his new drama series Parish on AMC, and the conversation got dark. Variety reports that Esposito revealed he was so broke before booking his villainous role of Gus Fring on the iconic “Breaking Bad,” that he […] The post Giancarlo Esposito Once Considered Staging His Murder for Life Insurance first appeared on The Source.

Breitbart—'Breaking Bad' Star Giancarlo Esposito Says He Was Once so Broke He Considered Plotting His Own Death. Hollywood star Giancarlo Esposito has revealed he was once so broke prior to being cast in the hit series Breaking Bad that he contemplated plotting his own death to get his family an insurance payout.

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