Although production has long since wrapped for Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Inherent Vice, the ensemble is still revealing actors left and right. Last week Eric Roberts announced his involvement and now The Wire star Michael K. Williams has been named as part of the ensemble, buried in a Deadline article (via Cigs & Red Vines). His role is undisclosed, but he’ll be joining Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Jena Malone, Katherine Waterston, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro, Martin Short, Maya Rudolph, Kevin J. O’Connor, Jeannie Berlin, Peter McRobbie and Joanna Newsom.
While we have to wait until next year to see how Williams figures into PTA’s Vice ensemble, one can see him now in Steve McQueen‘s 12 Years a Slave. His role is one of the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it variety, but for those that are still awaiting for the slave drama to roll out to your area, we have a few new materials. Below one can see five clips and two featurettes for the film written by John Ridley, who just jumped aboard the remake of Ben-Hur, coming from Timur Bekmambetov.