Jennifer Esposito loses her home loan to finance the film

Jennifer Esposito says she is being forced out of her home because she took out a loan to finance her latest film.

Taking to Instagram, the 52-year-old tearfully revealed that he is borrowing his house in 2024 to make Fresh Kills.

The actor spent 15 years developing, writing, starring and directing the project, Realtor reports.

“Yeah, I look like a** right now because I was crying about getting out of my mortgage to do my movie,” the Crash star said in the clip.

And then the people who stand out now can just turn around and say, hello, thank you. Watch this movie.”

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Jennifer Esposito revealed that she lost her house after taking out a mortgage in 2024 to finance her film Fresh Kills. Photo: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images

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Jennifer Esposito loses her home loan to finance the film. Photo: Instagram/@jesposito

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Fresh Kills was inspired by Esposito’s experiences growing up on Staten Island.

Ahead of filming in 2022, the actor said he was struggling to get financing because of the female characters and the story about a wife and daughters dealing with their family’s ties to organized crime.

Esposito reportedly funded the majority of the budget himself, with the rest coming from a mix of fans and digital investors.

“Then I said to myself, You know what? Nobody owes anybody money,” he continued in the video.

“Then I think about us as people? Maybe that’s why we are in this problem right now, where we are. I think that we actually owe each other something.

“We owe each other respect as human beings. That’s what we owe each other.”

Esposito later posted an Instagram story with the words “Committing to your art is committing to vulnerability.”

He uploaded another with a quote from George Lucas that read: “I know very well as a creative person that those who control the means of production, control the creative vision,” adding the caption: “That’s why independent stories are so important!”

Esposito reportedly funded a large portion of the budget himself. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

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In 2024, Esposito revealed that he was borrowing his house because he was confident.

“This city tells you what you can be and what you can’t be for so many years,” he told KTLA.

“I was just taken aback by that, and I thought, ‘Why am I asking the world to believe in me?

“So I’m going to put my money away, at the end of my life, I’m going to be so happy that my house is paid off, or I’m going to be so happy that I give myself the opportunity I’ve been waiting for so long?”

He talked a lot about this film as he felt it was very important for him to follow his gut when it came to this project.

In a recent post on Instagram, the director held back tears when he revealed that he no longer lives in the house he was holding. Photo: Instagram/@jesposito

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“This is the first time that the perspective of women in the mafia has been seen, and I am the first woman to enter this type of music, which made this very difficult.

“But it was something I thought I needed to be told.” Again, the film takes place in the mafia, but it’s really about finding a voice in the world that tells you not to have it,” he added.

At that time, he admitted that people did not believe that he would succeed, adding that some even offered him cash to part with the project.

“I was offered $5 million if a man could direct it in my place.

Fresh Kills premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival to rave reviews but had a limited release, making less than $US70,000 ($A100,000) in the US. The film is now available to stream on Hulu.

“It’s been a long road. I’m very proud of it,” Esposito said.

Portions of this story originally appeared on Realtor and are republished with permission.

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