Will Poulter: ‘I'm a white, straight, middle-class male. I take things for granted’

The actor’s latest role is in The Little Stranger, a film that twitches with tension about class – which resonates with his own upbringing

No one needs to teach Will Poulter anything about checking his privilege. The career choices of this 25-year-old show an actor drawn to films with a social conscience. In scarcely more than a decade, he has left behind CGI blockbusters (one Narnia and two Maze Runners) and broad comedy (We’re the Millers, in which he snogged Jennifer Aniston and Emma Roberts, and briefly sported a swollen prosthetic testicle). Instead, he has moved on to more serious, searching projects: the below-the-breadline chamber-piece Glassland, Kathryn Bigelow’s race riots drama Detroit and now The Little Stranger, a ghost story that twitches with class tension.

Related: The Little Stranger review – Ruth Wilson shines in mournful ghost story

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