Jon Bernthal

So we built a theater in an old defunct school building.

And all the proceeds go to the public school theater department.

And, you know, we were able to raise, yeah, a ton.

It was really cool.

Yeah.

Thanks, man.

I appreciate it.

That one is my heart.

And, you know, it was such a thrill and an honor for me.

I think first and foremost...

You know, at that time, in the wake of Freddie Gray and in the midst of George Floyd and everything that was going on in this country, and for me just being so, I think naturally, based on people in my life and based on my own experience, I'm so revolted by the flag waving in this country, the people on either side of the polls.

just waving their flag full of rhetoric, but they've never been in the valleys.

They've never been in the situation where they're actually rubbing elbows with the other side.

So you can't, there's no access to recognizing decency in each other.

There's no access for empathy.

There's no access for friendship or for any level of understanding because you're just staying on your mountaintop, just waving your flag.

And so for me to go into this,

you know, in Baltimore, which is sort of like right in the tip of the spear of race and policing at that time, you know, and get this front row ticket and also just to have the access coming in sort of with the street cred of David Simon and how much the wire, you know,

you know, in that city, that wire for both the guys on the street, the people in the community, and for the police, like that is like required watching.

Like the cops that I know in Baltimore, they watch that every year to remind them that it's not personal, it's business.