Jack O’Connell is venturing into unknown territory with Ryan Coogler and Sinners.

The actor, who is set to appear on the big screen in Coogler’s supernatural period horror flick, caught up with The Hollywood Reporter to discuss working with the Black Panther director and getting some new experiences under his belt.

Coogler’s film focuses on twin brothers Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan) who return to their hometown of Mississippi in the 1930s to open a Blues club for the Black working people of the deep south. On opening night, the pair find — alongside co-stars Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, Li Jun Li and Delroy Lindo — a greater evil looms over the evening. O’Connell stars as an ancient threat, Remmick, intent on luring others into a dark fate.

“It’s one of those scripts where it definitely requires more than one read,...