Giancarlo Esposito Almost Hired A Hitman To Murder Him Before ‘Breaking Bad’ Success

Esposito said he thought if he had “death by misadventure,” his wife and four kids would get his life insurance money.

While the world has watched Giancarlo Esposito transform into countless villains over the years, it turns out he nearly hired a real life outlaw for a very sticky situation he was once in.

During a recent episode of SiriusXM’s Jim & Sam, Esposito revealed why he considered hiring a hitman in 2008 just a year before he landed his iconic role as Gus Fring on “Breaking Bad.”

Esposito, 65, said at the time he was bankrupt, and his home was in foreclosure. At his lowest point, he made a masterplan to orchestrate his own death so his kids could inherit his life insurance.

“The first thing that had me think there was a way out, was my wife’s father — God rest his soul — Pops McManigal was in insurance,” Esposito recalled. “So I asked [my ex-wife], I started poking around, ‘How much am I insured for?’ And then she told me. My way out in my brain was, I said, ‘Hey, do you get life insurance, if someone commits suicide, do they get the bread?’ And my wife said, ‘Well, that’s kind of tricky.’”

After their convo, Esposito said he immediately started “scheming” his death.