‘The Mosquito Bowl’s Tom Francis on the Film’s Graphic WWII Scenes

SPOILER ALERT: This story reveals major details about Peter Berg’s new real-life World War II film “The Mosquito Bowl.”

When British actor Tom Francis signed with his U.S. agents at CAA, he made his aspirations very clear.

“One of the first emails I sent to my agents was, ‘This is a list of directors who I want to work with and why,’” Francis tells me. “Pete was right at the top of the list because I love ‘Friday Night Lights.’”

Pete is Peter Berg.

Francis can check Berg off that list because he co-stars in the director’s latest movie, “The Mosquito Bowl,” which tells the true story of four college football stars who were served in the Marines during World War II.

Francis plays David Schreiner alongside Nicholas Galitzine as John McLaughry, Ray Nicholson as Tony Butkovich and Bill Skarsgård as Bob Baumann.

“I remember getting the call and to be able to work with Pete, the way his mind works, the way he views the word, I think is incredible,” Francis says. “He’s helped me through some really tough times. He’s very, very open and warm and honest and loving. He welcomes you into a family, and he’ll be there for you whenever you need him.”

Francis comes to the big screen via the West End and Broadway. In “Sunset Boulevard,” he won a Laurence Olivier Award and earned a Tony nomination for his Broadway debut opposite Nicole Scherzinger in Jamie Lloyd’s “Sunset Boulevard.” His previous stage work includes “Rent,” “& Juliet” and “Hair.” He made his movie debut in Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly” and appeared in the fifth and final season of the Netflix series “You.”

While Schreiner wasn’t a singer in real life, Berg decided to show off Francis’ vocal chops in “The Mosquito Bowl,” adding a scene at the last minute that features Francis singing in a bar before the men are shipped off to war. “Pete sent me the song and he was like, ‘Just…