‘Boardwalk Empire’s Michael K. Williams Gets ‘Captive’
EXCLUSIVE: While Michael K. Williams‘ Chalky White character seems to be becoming a larger presence on each season of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (I am most certainly not complaining), he’s found a movie to do during his hiatus. Williams signed with BN Films to join Captive, the thriller directed by Jerry Jameson and written by Brian Bird and Reinhard Denke. Williams joins David Oyelowo, Kate Mara, Leonor Varela and Mimi Rogers. The film is a fictionalized thriller based on a well-known true story. While Ashley Smith, a single mom, struggles to overcome her drug addiction to regain custody of her daughter, she’s taken hostage by an escaped, quadruple murderer. Her only defenses: faith in God, a love for her daughter, and the book A Purpose Driven Life, parts of which she reads aloud to her captor during the harrowing ordeal. This leads to a surprising epiphany for both Ashley and the convict. Williams plays a lead detective in the film that begins shooting this weekend in North Carolina.
He plays a lead detective. Williams most recently wrapped Robocop, the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed Inherent Vice and the Jeremy Renner-starrer Kill the Messenger. He will be making the rounds all awards season with the rest of the cast of the Steve McQueen-directed 12 Years A Slave. Williams is repped by ICM Partners.
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