Will Poulter on challenging stereotypes in new opioid drama: ‘Shame on us for stigmatizing people’
The British actor delivers his strongest performance to date in indie film Union County as a person struggling with substance abuse trying to turn his life aroundEvery week, Annette Deao, a drug dependency counselor, sits in the county jail and offers incarcerated people in rural Ohio a chance at recovery. One bright day she meets Cody, a young man who shuffles towards the lectern and quietly says that he’s ready to give it a shot. “His self-respect is in the…
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