INTERVIEW: “Detroit” Actor Will Poulter Embraces Mythology To Portray On-Screen Racist
by Marcel
Updated: December 30, 2018
Originally posted on HipHopDX 8/15/2017
In the supposedly post-racial America, racial tensions continue to be just as high – if not higher – than the days of Jim Crow. For Will Poulter, his role as racist Detroit police officer Krauss in the recently released movie Detroit helped to establish some context as to what is still happening today. DX recently caught up with Poulter in the city of Detroit during the film’s world premiere to discuss his character, the parallels between the events of the movie and today, and what he thinks can be done to help heal.
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