by: Dayna Devon , Christine Samra Posted: Jun 11, 2024 / 01:22 PM PDT Updated: Jun 11, 2024 / 01:45 PM PDT Jennifer Esposito is known for her roles in “Crash” and “Summer of Sam.” Now she’s flipping the script by starring, directing and writing her own film “Fresh Kills,” which has been about a decade in the making. Esposito was so passionate about telling this story, she mortgaged her own home to finance it.
“This town tells you what you can be and what you can’t be for so many years. I was just so over that and I thought, ‘Why am I asking the world to believe in me, I have to believe in me.’ So I’m going to put my money down.
At the end of my life, am I going to be so happy that my house was paid off? Or am I going to be so happy that I gave myself the opportunity that I’ve been waiting for for far too long? So I thought I’m going.” The drama is unlike any mob movie ever seen because it tells the story from the female perspective. “It’s the first time that the point of view of the females in the mafia is seen and I’m the first female to step into the genre, which made this even so much more difficult.
But it was something that I thought needed to be told. Again, the movie takes place in the mafia but it’s really about finding a voice in a world that tells you not to have one,” she explained. Esposito also revealed the many roadblocks she faced to make the movie.
“I was offered $5 million if a male would direct it instead of myself. .
