Jennifer Esposito claimed that a Harvey Weinstein-style producer once tried to “completely end” her career when she was 26.
“He literally had the power and he used it to completely end the career of a 26-year-old girl. “This was a notorious, brutal producer, a Harvey Weinstein type of person,” said the Blue Bloods alum, 55. years, to the Em Suss podcast. She turns last week.
“So he fired me for no reason. He wanted someone else and he got her. But then someone called and said, “Hey, I want to hire her.” He said, “Don’t hire her.” (He) said I was a drug addict. I locked myself in the trailer. (That never happened. I don’t do drugs. It never did.
‘If you do, great, it’s just not me. And that was a very, very painful moment because he literally, that boy who waited tables and that boy who had this dream since he was a baby, literally took it because he could and killed it.
Jennifer was 26 years old in 1999, the same year she starred in Spike Lee’s crime thriller Summer of Sam, Lane Janger’s comedy Just One Time, and Gary Sinyor’s romantic comedy The Bachelor.
Jennifer Esposito claimed that a Harvey Weinstein-style producer once tried to “completely end” her career when she was 26 (pictured June 12).
Esposito claimed that the unnamed producer’s blacklisting led to her agent and manager abandoning her, and she did not obtain new representation for two and a half years.
The native New Yorker mortgaged his own house to finance it critically acclaimed The directorial debut Fresh Kills, which arrived in limited theaters in the United States last Friday.
“I know for a fact that if that hadn’t happened with that producer and my path had been easier, I would never have written and directed what I just did,” Jennifer said.
“Because, like I said, for some people who know me well, Fresh Kills, my movie was for the 26-year-old kid who was massacred.”
Esposito continued: ‘It was a difficult time. But it was also a beautiful time. Because if it wasn’t that child, she would never have been this woman. And I’m very proud of who I am and very proud of what I’ve done. I gave her career back the way she could. Not the way anyone else told me she could. She needed to right the wrong again.”
Queens actress Awkwafina Is Nora wrote, produced, directed and starred as wife and mother Francine Larusso in the 1980s feminist mafia drama set on Staten Island alongside Annabella Sciorra, Emily Bader, Odessa A’zion and Domenick Lombardozzi.
Jennifer also has two upcoming acting projects: Todd Turner’s refugee drama The December Cross alongside Judd Hirsch and Kenny Beaumont’s high school comedy F Plus alongside six-time UFC champion Randy Couture.
On a personal level, Esposito married her third husband, fitness trainer Jesper Vesterstrøm, in 2020, following her 2016 divorce from British model Louis Dowler after two years of marriage and her 2007 divorce from the 12-time Oscar nominee. Bradley Cooper after just five months of marriage. bliss.
The Blue Bloods alum, 55, told Em Suss’ She Pivots podcast last week: “She literally had the power and she used it to completely end a young girl’s career at 26.” This was a notorious and brutal producer, a Harvey Weinstein type of person.
Jennifer continued: ‘So he fired me for no reason. She wanted someone else and she got it. But then someone called and said, “Hey, I want to hire her.” He said, “Don’t hire her.” (He) said I was a drug addict. I locked myself in the trailer. (That never happened. I don’t do drugs. He never did.’
Esposito was 26 in 1999, the same year she starred in Spike Lee’s crime thriller Summer of Sam (pictured), Lane Janger’s comedy Just One Time and Gary Sinyor’s romantic comedy The Bachelor.
The native New Yorker mortgaged her own house to finance her acclaimed directorial debut Fresh Kills, which hit limited theaters in the US last Friday (pictured last Friday).
Jennifer wrote, produced, directed and starred as wife and mother Francine Larusso in the 1980s feminist mafia drama set on Staten Island alongside Annabella Sciorra, Emily Bader, Odessa A’zion and Domenick Lombardozzi.