Like many aspiring filmmakers, Coogler had significant student loan debt from his master's degree at the University of Southern California's School of the Cinematic Arts. "Back then, bro, I wasn’t making no money,” the 38-year-old director revealed on the WTF With Marc Maron podcast on April 15. “I was $200,000 in debt for film school. It was bad.”

In Sinners, the vampire Remmick (O'Connell) wants nothing more than to make blues musician Sammie (Miles Caton) part of his coven. But to give in to this monster's sweet song (and jig) would cost Sammie his soul.