Giancarlo Esposito was sitting in his seat, waiting for takeoff, when an airport ramp agent recognized him through the airplane window. 🛫 Nothing unusual, except that the man spent years playing Gus Fring, the coldest and most calculating villain in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Instead of ignoring the situation like any celebrity tired of cameras, Esposito did the opposite: he shared the same photo on his social media with the caption “I have been spotted”. The anecdote went viral in 2023 and surprised all his fans.
It wasn’t the first time his face had caused this kind of chaos. On another flight, a passenger ran into him in the bathroom line and, upon seeing him, mistook him for Gus Fring in the flesh for a second. The actor himself had to calm her down right there. 😅 Off camera, the man who creates tension through his mere presence on screen turns out to be, according to everyone who crosses paths with him, charming.