Giancarlo Esposito: "I am a Chameleon" (Ethnicity, Revolution Season 2, more)

Interview conducted by Nestor Bentancor in Los Angeles.
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[@ricardoguanipa8275]

Born in Denmark, from a African-American mother and a Italian father

[@Whateverworksism]

The fact that I'm born in the same city as Giancarlo Esposito makes me smile a bit. Huge fan of him.

[@HAINE-]

@@Whateverworksism what’s the name of the place

[@kasimirfriisnorholt8153]

@@HAINE- Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark

[@HAINE-]

@@kasimirfriisnorholt8153 yesssss me and gian Got something in common

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Pretty sure Gus Fring was born in Chile...

[@PalmotTaiga]

The fact that he knows how to pronounce "Esposito" makes me so happy! You have no idea how much I'd like to hear him speaking Italian or Neapolitan!

[@namira87]

Anche io, davvero

[@easleypernigotto7213]

GIANCARLO UNO DI NOI!!!!!

[@jontez1340]

He was in a Italien movie called Sempre meglico Che lavorare

[@MrRenix1990]

Pollos è Italiano!!! Pazzesco! 😁😁😁

[@Antonio_m]

Mi sono gasato un casino quando ho scoperto che il giancarlo esposito dei titoli di testa era gus

[@alessiosem2238]

"I am an Italian posing as a black man" what a master he is! Grande Giancarlo. 🤣

[@danielalawrence8048]

I am Italian and I adore Naples, the city is amazing and the people so warm and kind, I can definitely see that in this marvellous actor, who is also very, very handsome.

[@snick252]

But his mother is black so how is he posing? He is also black!

[@nygmakemecry8453]

He's such a talented actor.

[@E32DJ-Baby]

Giancarlo Esposito is a Legend and very versatile.

[@scheepalicious]

What an ACTOR. Plus, his face when he has to listen to the interviewer ... priceless.

[@Vylkeer]

Born to an American mother and Italian father, in Copenhagen. How could someone be more cosmopolite and multiethnic than that? Love this guy inside out, as an artist and as a person. I also appreciate how, as he mentioned at the beginning, learned how to properly pronounce his full name. I remember hearing him pronounce his surname as "Esposìto" instead of "Espòsito" many times and I felt very satisfied when he started saying it the way it's meant, like in interviews etc. Giancarlo, you're an incredible person and that Italian heritage you have within yourself can't but make me like you even better.

[@justkissanamakeup]

he is so fine damn

[@lukemaragato]

I am brazilian, with portuguese, german and african background, and I really love it

[@viniciusmerlo100]

Giancarlo, I'm an italian-brazilian citizen so I know exactly what you go through, people always saying: "No way, you're not italian, you're black", people love labels and that's so ridiculous and overwhelming!

[@ianghose1]

Vinicius Merlo : That's because most people are dumb. They need everything dumbed down to stereotypes because individual idiosyncrasies are too much for their tiny brains to fathom.

[@elise6970]

His mother was African American soooo

[@AutomaticUzi]

Vinicius, as italians we all come from the roman empire, it was the most multicultural place on heart.

[@austindaviddanielhopper6955]

He's such an inspiration to me I'm a pale skinned white guy with an English-irish last name, but am also Italian, and very proud of that part of my heritage. I also get the " no way your Italian" line, but after seeing my mannerisms and hearing my genetic Italian esque accent they realize that I am.

[@lucky9Lives]

He's Italian and African-American his mother from Alabama

[@almondiefrancis9451]

Such a huge fan of Giancarlo. Amazing actor!

[@diegodz7510]

🇮🇹 This guy is everywhere! Talented above all!

[@TheKariVader]

I just love his voice! He looks so authentic!

[@Blondfoxy24]

grande Giancarlo!!!! :))

[@reddevil9554]

He's so laid back, chatty and easy-going, the complete opposite of Gus Fring, who's frightening.

[@infinitesession5439]

At first I thought he was Colombian or Cuban due to his accent from the get down but I was dead wrong he really play's his roles very well.

[@AbstractDivinity1]

Colombian***

[@colossus112785]

I always thought he was Puerto Rican

[@vzlflight]

I speak Spanish natively and in Breaking Bad he never convinced me as anything more that an American actor who learned his lines in Spanish. Doesn’t have an Italian accent or comes close to a native accent. I respect his performance, leaving the accent aside, naturally. Wanna hear convincing Spanish? Try Anya-Taylor Joy (queen’s gambit). Flawless Argentinian accent, but then again I think she lived in Argentina as a child.

[@infinitesession5439]

@@vzlflight she lived in Buenos Aires for her first 6 years of life and only knew Spanish when they moved to London. Her dad is of argentine descent and her mom is of Spanish descent. Her knowing Spanish fluently is kinda a given. I spoke Spanish until I was 6 or 7 and started going to elementary school and learned English. Literally based on 6-7 years of my life speaking only Spanish. But back to the topic at hand. I was more so thinking of Giancarlo's accent in the get down there he does sound of Latin descent. Still tho to a certain degree your right.

[@vzlflight]

@@infinitesession5439 out of curiosity, did you forget your Spanish after attending school in English and guess moving on with your life in English?

[@MarquisFoxborough2736]

The Range this man has with his acting is simply phenomenal. He doesn’t get the credit he deserves.

[@user-zm1fc1it9u]

what a gorgeous man he is ...........

Did Walter Jr. interview him?

[@user-bq8kn3bn2b]

haha

[@materialesgarza5585]

Hahahahahajajajahahah

[@danyv1826]

Hahahahahaha ah. He was just some dude with a poor english. Probably Italian (they r the worst)

[@danyv1826]

@@vincenzogrisolia9794 bibirupupipi

[@danyv1826]

@@vincenzogrisolia9794 bubidi!

[@jpreddy3665]

He really is a chameleon! You totally buy him in each role he portrays.

[@victorkrum6298]

Aaron Paul: "I am a blow fish."

[@glumOr]

You damn right.

[@yeetythatmeety6856]

Bryan cranston: I am the one who knocks

[@pizza-bq5bo]

JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJ

[@pizza-bq5bo]

@@yeetythatmeety6856 jajajajajajajaajajajajajajajaj

[@tokethedude1103]

Gus was elevated to unimaginable hights as an actor in mind when he destroyed (in a good way) the role of Gus Fring in Better Call Saul. And dominated his performance as the dictator in far cry 6

[@nemo227]

Always a good performance, every time I've seen him playing a part.

[@ArshBstudyplaylife]

He is hugely talented and such a nice human being as well !

[@th3azscorpio]

You ever met him?

[@julialarsen]

A brilliant actor who knows who he is.

[@elainebmack]

A confident man, and a handsome one to boot.

[@denissdennis]

I'd like to see him in a Danish movie before i die, with maybe Mads Mikkelsen or Costor-Waldau or something

[@formalist6096]

I dont think he can speak Danish.

[@DaveRino]

Giancarlo is in all my favourite shows.

[@thedbq1]

wow this interview is amazing, giancarlo is an amazing guy

[@theantil7]

His accent was great on Better Call Saul, not perfect, but like someone who grew up in a Spanish speaking household without speaking Spanish, and only learning it later on. And that's VERY impressive, because accents are very hard to perfect.

[@dannydaniel1904]

I feel the same about Mark Margolis as Hector. For a jewish american, he did an incredible job portraying an elderly hispanic man

[@theantil7]

@@dannydaniel1904 what?!

[@danieljohnpedersen5693]

Esposito did a great job, despite the interviewer being unqualified...

[@gordongiobanni7543]

I love this guy thru and thru. Really hope to see him work after better call saul. He has all the italian qualitys in him and hes proud of it. Salud!!! Giancarlo

[@TimmacTR]

Curse of the multicultural child. Solution is not trying to blend but find your own box like this gentleman did. Respect.

[@Hassy]

Love his open minded approach. True and limitless. 🤘🏾🔥

[@nurlanbekturgan441]

Strong man👍 no limitations in his mind

[@adrianaxcx777]

He is simply amazing💕

[@mike19767]

inspiring, thanks !

[@lenevee4925]

He is an awesome diverse actor!

[@graziflorida4377]

Italian al cento per cento. Sei un mito Giancarlo !

[@GodBody-BodyofGod]

Not even

[@DaveRino]

I love this guy....and I look at him as an Italian American.

[@Jonathan-pp3du]

Why does that matter?

[@cheetara25]

You know his mother is Black American Opera singer from Alabama right? Your statement negates his black roots.

[@oasis408]

Wow I really needed to hear this... I relate a lot even if I am not from a mixed heritage

[@soccercaballo510]

One my fav actor

[@vernonhardapple6983]

The Greatest Giancarlo of all time, with Giannini a close second.

[@antoniogiardiello2663]

Sei un grande!

[@betsyvoss49]

An incredible actor.

[@brucefake2732]

la giusta pronuncia....

[@mavenfrankeus7287]

He is so intelligent.

[@SwishaSweetP]

Great guy

[@chlorekwapnia1458]

hes such an snack i caaaant

[@rennyrules98]

chlorekwapnia no cap 🧢

[@dick-diddling-bandit]

Giancarlo look like he can simultaneously and instantly turn black and latino just by looking at him.

[@Sarah.Riedel]

"What are you are you Spanish" 😂 oh God lol

[@diegodz7510]

🇮🇹 Giancarlo !

[@DavidWilson-uf5mv]

Awesome man. Am I inspiration to all people.

[@DavidWilson-uf5mv]

An inspiration. Sorry

[@huiyuwen5024]

I love him

[@michaelsedayao8328]

Revolution, Cotton Club, Breaking Bad, Do the Right Thing, Mandalorian - chameleon, amazing! Every role is BELIEVABLE...

[@safiamohammed8286]

Ugh i been crushing him for yeaaaaars

[@queenonika4015]

U look like shensea

[@safiamohammed8286]

@@queenonika4015 she is beautiful so I thank you lol

[@diy_it_home3432]

I love you periodt ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lyrasimo]

50 % Italian

[@R0CKy_]

50% cuter

[@VictorRisgaard]

60% THICC

[@davidshelton7104]

50% Black, African American to be Exact. His Mother was a Brown Skinned Woman.

[@The1andOnlyMadvibez]

@1993 what?

[@marks7626]

@1993 stupid

[@eagleeyegordon9368]

Italian/ Black seems to be a common mixture I see, him, Rick Fox, Alicia Keys, Taimak, Faith Evans, Matt Barnes. I'm Creole/ Black and Arabic and I want to be a versatile actor like him too

[@forgottenstreets]

White people usually mix with asians. But Italians are the exception. They like black women lol

[@BuddyBoy-ne1nw]

Cool. And Bizzy Bone too.

[@Ayo.Ajisafe]

Charisma!

[@colossus112785]

Giancarlo should play Professor X in a future X-Men movie

[@nevalelapena]

Come fa a paste da una pronuncia inglese a dire il suo nome con pronuncia italiana così in fretta... Quando parlo inglese devo sempre fermarmi una frazione di secondo facendo sentire lo stacco... Mi ha colpito un sacco questa cosa

[@adbeellopez4792]

Javier Bradem isn’t Latino. He’s from Spain i.e. white European

[@diegodz7510]

I'm Italian, that's who I am ⭐

[@cherrycola3653]

He is fine and I am young. I always thought he was fly.

[@scotts439]

what an amazingly articulate guy!

[@gordon-ale4463]

HE IS EL PRESIDENTE!!

[@jon3584]

Now Dictator :D

[@baptistegilistro2595]

I feel you, welcome to the club of people who don't belong anywhere. My dad is Sicilian (same skin and features as an Arabic man) and my mother is from Bretagne from France ... and I look Russian

[@KevinS47]

Gus D: haha fantastico !

[@bilalahmed2123]

Cool guy

[@xxxfirehuunterxxx]

Why people over analyse people's genetic history, in social situations at least, makes no sence to me.

[@Alecfisher01]

What do you mean?

[@mindriot91_96]

Insecurity.

[@nicastro4506]

He speaks fluent Italian

[@KrazieB7]

I wouldn’t know him as Gus, didn’t care for breaking bad, Revolution was his best role in my opinion.

[@fatti2602]

Probably a dumb question, but can he actually speak danish since he was born and live in Denmark for 6 years?

[@denissdennis]

maybe after some fiske fjæs shots

[@MrFennmeista]

Yo this guy loves my cooking yo!

[@Aleon38]

Yo bitch!

[@averagebodybuilder]

I could see him over a stove making linguine!

[@kennethhedegreen383]

good danish actor

[@AbstractDivinity1]

He's not Danish.

[@81caasi]

@@AbstractDivinity1 But, he was born there... lol

[@AbstractDivinity1]

@@81caasi And?

[@81caasi]

@@AbstractDivinity1 He grew up there so the Danes can claim a little of him even though his parents aren't Danish.

[@AbstractDivinity1]

@@81caasi Just because Giancario Esposito was born in Denmark doesn't mean he's Danish. His parents wasn't born there and he's a not Danish citizen. Denmark doesn't give citizenship to babies born to non Dane parents.

[@dangi79]

Esposito like Salvatore Esposito (Gennaro Savastano in Gomorrah series). It's a tipical Neapolitan surname.

[@TheLANC95]

paisan!

[@TheRoseGawden]

I’ve always perceived him as black and thought the name denoted that he was Afro Latino.

[@sky4900]

He was born in Europe, in Copenhagen in Denmark, and is the son of an American woman and a *true* Italian of European origin, he is not "Afro Latino" and has *no ties* to "Latin America", he is an American and European citizen because he is the son of a black American woman and an Italian man born and raised in Italy who went to live in the USA when he was already an adult to follow his wife and son.

[@TheRoseGawden]

My thing is when did I say that he had ties to Latin America. I just watch the same video you did. I said I “THOUGHT”

[@Alecfisher01]

He’s not Latino, he is Latin, Latinos are like small percentages of Latin

[@TobascoCatMC]

@@Alecfisher01 no actually most latin speakers are latinos from latin America. Biggest latin speaking country is brazil for example

[@claudiamarianidamato9499]

@@TobascoCatMC well if you all want to be technical then all Romance languages should be considered “Latino” or Latini because all Romance languages are derivatives of ancient Latin. Which was invented and spoken in what is now Italy by the ancient Roman’s who were an italic tribe that were called “latini” (plural) of the small region in central Italy called Latium.

[@rconley95]

Hey! Pisano!

[@Lucho33811]

that scary look

[@Marubi2]

I want to know: can you speak napolitan

[@jayfisher3359]

He's a chameleon, but he's the same guy in Breaking Bad, Mandalorian, Better Call Saul, Payday and the Boys.

[@viewertuber]

He's Neapolitan. He reminds me of Totó.

[@kingchaos6050]

Javier Bardem is Spanish…not Latino.

[@daniele.faillaci]

Guys how the hell can he pronounce italian words with the right accent when he's having an english conversation without stopping, its extremely difficult i garantee that

[@vespasiancloscan7077]

nah

[@lalo9619]

I bet he owns a Vespa

[@sarag1158]

I live in California I speak Mexican Spanish and I legit thought this guy was from Chile.

[@motowninvestor]

For some reason, I thought he was Italian.

[@deborap1906]

He has the most common Italian surname

[@nooisebots]

Hes danish

[@trinidadj.9168]

He IS Italian lol did u watch the interview? He's "half" Italian

[@jon3584]

@@nooisebots Being born in Denmark, doesnt make him a Dane. Would have loved is he were raised in Denmark and got our passport. Great actor.

[@mindriot91_96]

@@nooisebots His nationality is Danish, his ethnicity is Italian and he's bi-racial because of a European (technically Latin European) father and an African-American mother.

[@gio20032]

You are Italian Giancarlo. It's obvious from your art...

[@ilayohana3150]

gustavobama

[@johnpatrick6998]

How come there ain't no brothers on the wall? 😂

[@j.baldwin3012]

That's how you pronounce his first name? It sounds like Johncarlo. I always thought it was pronounced Jee-an-carlo. Johncarlo sounds like how an Englishman would pronounce it, lol.

[@user-ox5ir2rd6g]

No, “jee-an-carlo” is how an Englishman (and probably any other native english speaker) would say it. It’s like how americans and british people say “giovanni” as “jee-oh-vahn-ee” which is completely wrong.

[@vespasiancloscan7077]

It's not exactly Johncarlo either. It's still 3 syllables, but more like a "jahn" than a "john"

[@GioPotatoes]

"gian" in Italian pronounciation sounds like if an English speaking person would say "jahn"

[@professionalboycottservice7872]

Jancarlo

[@Alecfisher01]

He’s Latin and people have a problem with him playing a Latin man in far cry 6

[@ermocrate]

In Italy we are Latinos, actually that was the language we spoke back in the days...

[@10anto82]

wrong!!!you spoke latin, latinos is referred to spanish speaking people in central and south america.

[@ermocrate]

10anto82 not really, that is what you think because you are American-centric. Latinos means "inhabitants of the Latin-America". There is a Latin-America and a Latin-Europe, it's the same ethnicity in two different continents... So a Latino is in every way similar to a Latin European. Latinos, Latins or Latini is the same exact concept in 3 different languages.

[@10anto82]

ermocrate same ethnicity?lol what have spaniards,italians or french with descendants of the aztec or mayans in common? beside that they speak spanish(not italian)there's a latin europe and a spanish or portuguese speaking america but same ethnicity?hell no

[@ermocrate]

I sadly announce to you that most of native populations of America, either in the north and in the south where almost exterminated... You seem to ignore most of the reality around you pal. Talking about azect and Mayans is like talking about Native Americans... We are the same ethnicity, live with that or live in a lie.

[@TheBigfranco1]

Most Latinos of South America today are mestizos and have Spanish or Italian ancestry

[@marco3771]

Walter ti a fottuto Gus e con grande stile

[@ms.prissy7759]

Ask Mr.Esposito to find Me so we can go out for ice cream oooh he's so cute

[@eigelgregossweisse9563]

"black" people actually settled down in many parts of the earth, and had made great civilizations long before the arrival of the western europeans/british colonialists.

[@user-ox5ir2rd6g]

😂😂

[@apogena]

He is an Italian(father)-African-American(mother) mix. I'm guessing his mother's ethnicity traces back to north Africa or thereabouts.

[@CrunkKing232]

Ali T his mother probably traces back to west Africa not North Africa, in fact his father is more likely to have moor blood from Northern Africa than his mother lol

[@hoodxplorer1617]

North Africa ? 😂 Knock it off

[@Jonathan-pp3du]

LOL you can't possibly be that stupid 🤣

[@merrytunes8697]

North Africa? Really? Would it be ghastly if his mother is, shocker, of sub-Saharan African descent? 😲🤣😂🤣

[@joshbecque2424]

He said exactly what i thought, "European/Latino" roots. Most people don't realize the Latino culture has European influence due to the influx of Austrians many years back, Spanish, also French invasion. German Polka and Mexican music have very subtle similarities also the flannel, plad shirts. Mexico City has the some of the richest Punk Rock culture.