Richard interviews “Insurgent” co-star Mekhi Phifer.

Richard Crouse interviews “Insurgent” star Mekhi Phifer on playing Dauntless leader Max.

“I didn’t know anything. That’s the thing with this series. I still don’t know where the character is going, that’s not typical for filmmaking. Usually you read the whole script and you know what’s happening from beginning to end and you adjust accordingly. So it is interesting playing this because I have no frame of reference to where he’s going.”