But then he got “Breaking Bad” and the rest is TV history.
Before landingBreaking Bad,Giancarlo Esposito was breaking sad.
My way out in my brain was: Hey, do you get life insurance if someone commits suicide?
Giancarlo Esposito.Gregg DeGuire/Deadline via Getty
Do they get the bread?
My wife had no idea why I was asking this stuff," Esposito said.
“I started scheming.
I had four kids.
I wanted them to have a life.
It was a hard moment in time.
I literally thought of self-annihilation so they could survive.
Thats how low I was.
But life as a workaday actor can be hard and not always financially stable.
The light at the end of the tunnel wasBreaking Bad.
