is the director, kathryn bigelow, the twoenwriter mark boal, and of the stars, john boyega and will poulter. i'm pleased to have all of you at this table. welcome. some of you i saw on previous occasions at this table. tell me how this came to be. >> this gentleman here sitting writer next toe me, whose work is extraordinary, came to me with a story set against the detroit riots, the detroit uprising in 1967. a true story, a true crime set in the algiers motel. and it was, simply put, an execution. and a portrait of police brutality and racial injustice that was extremely moving, very timely, and very topical. about the same time he told me this story, the decision not to indict the officer involved in the michael brown shooting had taken place. i felt the story needed to be told. charlie: because it has lessons for today? kathryn: because it has lessons for today exactly. , charlie: had you been thinking about this? how long had you been thinking this is a story that ought to be told? >> we talked about it internally for a while and what pushed it into an actual script was a meeting i had

what will poulter is doing with the other two officers is clearing floor by floor and room by room that entire building looking for the gun responsible for the sniper fire. oft is kind of the engine the early moments in the and next -- annex. charlie: tell me about your training and what has given you the most tools to work with. >> at nine years old, i decided i wanted to act. i got a scholarship to the local theater group where i had to do contemporary dance and ballet in order to do acting. it came as a deal package, so i had to do all of it. is probablylet good. >> i can still boogie down. after that, i went to pursue drama school seriously. i went to identity and met my agent. that training was intense. charlie: how long have you been doing it? >> i have been doing it professionally six years i think it will be. six years. charlie: what did you learn from this role in this film? "detroit" gave me purpose. have ato do movies that big commentary on the world once in a while. i like to have fun most of the time. my mind draws me toward projects that have serious context -- content. it