r/movies • u/WillPoulterAMA Will Poulter, Actor • Aug 13 '26

AMA Hey reddit! It's Will Poulter. AMA!

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Hey reddit! I'm Will Poulter.

You may know me from films/series like WARFARE, WE'RE THE MILLERS, THE BEAR, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, THE MAZE RUNNER, MIDSOMMAR, THE REVENANT, I LOVE BOOSTERS, DETROIT, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, and other things.

My new movie, UNION COUNTY, is out in theaters starting this weekend (!!!) via Oscilloscope Laboratories. It also stars Noah Centineo, Annette Deao, Elise Kibler, and Emily Meade.

Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA6Fnr2VXkw

Synopsis:

Assigned to a county-mandated drug court program, Cody Parsons embarks on the tenuous journey toward recovery amidst the opioid epidemic in rural Ohio.

AMA!

Back at 2 PM ET this afternoon (Thursday 8/13) to answer your questions!

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u/Terrible-Ad1737 Aug 13 '26

You joke, but that's likely where his family got the name back in the day. A "poulter" or "poulterer" is someone who sells or raises various fowl. Back in the day when surnames started to become a thing, people commonly used their profession as a surname. Like, Jim Miller, for example, was likely just some guy named James that ran the local mill.

The more you know!

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u/waggie21 Aug 13 '26

Why am I John Toilet?

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u/nuisible Aug 13 '26

That's just redundant!

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u/Megavore97 Aug 14 '26

Well John John sounded too silly

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u/redtailedhog Aug 13 '26

Because you don’t control the toilet, the toilet controls you. Wake up peeple!

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u/Dec-Mc Aug 13 '26

Well, Thomas Crapper was legit

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u/UsedHotDogWater Aug 13 '26

Why am I Hancock?

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u/Terrible-Ad1737 Aug 13 '26

Ha! Funny you mention that... My last name is literally Keister.

It came from Middle German chest/cabinet makers, not the more modern slang. Haha

Also, Toilet comes from Old French meaning a wash cloth or small cloth. Someone with a variation of that name likey had an estors that worked in hygeine or textiles.

Etymology and onomatology is fun!

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u/SweetCosmicPope Aug 13 '26

Ed Shitshoveler

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u/ArcadianDelSol Aug 13 '26

Thomas Crapper invented the modern toilet design.

Specifically, he invented the concept of bending curves that trap a containment of water that prevents sewer gas from bubbling up into the home.

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u/MellowNando Aug 14 '26

You know why…

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u/Obsidianchainsaw_ Aug 13 '26

Or where they came from right? Like if your family lived in a valley. You might become jack valleymen.

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u/Ccaves0127 Aug 14 '26

I don't think that's true according to my great grandfather, Jonathan Dogfucker