The cast of A24’s Warfare is bringing bloody realism to the genre of war action-thrillers. The film follows a platoon of Navy SEALs taking part in an intense mission in Iraq in 2006. The film features up-close, gritty and realistic portrayals of life on the edge as a SEAL trusting each other to survive. The writers and directors are Alex Garland and real-life Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza. The cast portrays the real veterans who served as members of the platoon. Blavity/Shadow and Act managing editor Trey Mangum spoke with cast members D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai , Charles Melton , Kit Connor, Joseph Quinn, Cosmo Jarvis and Will Poulter in our cast interview. Melton, who plays Jake, called learning from the veterans an “honor.” The ‘honor’ of portraying real-life people “We had the honor and the privilege to talk to most of the service members that were there on this specific day and to have Ray there just kind of giving us context on the show situation was very insightful and helpful,” he...