Pelley also has interviewed Justice John Paul Stevens; Afghan President Hamid Karzai; Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; and the astonishing story of
Mike Williams, the chief
electronics technician on the Deepwater Horizon who survived the explosion that caused the Gulf oil spill - a story that won a DuPont - Columbia University Silver Baton and two Emmys.
Reuniting director Peter Berg and star Mark Wahlberg, whose Afghanistan war movie «Lone Survivor» was a big hit in 2013, «Deepwater» puts its spotlight on Wahlberg's character, the rig's chief
electronics technician,
Mike Williams.