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Robert "B" Berchtold is anything but A Friend of the Family successful the existent transgression series' archetypal trailer.
Played by The White Lotus' Jake Lacy, Robert is astatine the halfway of the Peacock show based connected the harrowing existent communicative of the Broberg family, whose girl Jan (Hendrix Yancey, Mckenna Grace) was kidnapped aggregate times implicit a play of a fewer years successful the '70s. Though it mightiness beryllium hard to recognize however a household so devoted to each other, their religion and community could fto someone as unsafe arsenic Robert into their lives, A Friend of the Family's trailer starts to connection answers.
He drives carpool for the vicinity kids, has a loving woman (Lio Tipton) and kids, lends a helping manus wherever needed and charms everyone successful sight—especially the Broberg parents, Mary Ann (Anna Paquin) and Bob Broberg (Colin Hanks). Robert is "practically a subordinate of the family," arsenic Mary Ann puts it.
The facade begins to fade when Robert turns his absorption to Jan, though. The authorities yet get progressive and 1 detective even tells Mary Ann and Bob, "No 1 thinks that their champion person is simply a monster, but helium has each the hallmarks of a psychopathic personality."
"Robert Berchtold doesn't consciousness emotions the mode that we do," the detective continues. "He volition prevarication and manipulate to get the lone happening that helium wants."
The trailer ends with Robert and Jan seemingly connected the run, with a chilling last narration: "There is nary telling what helium is susceptible of."
The existent Mary Ann and Jan Broberg service arsenic producers connected the Peacock series, and the latter previously released a connection to acceptable the grounds consecutive connected her story. "We were a loving, trusting, educated family. We were not anserine oregon careless. So however could this hap successful our neighborhood, wherever we knew everyone, and everyone was a friend?" Jan began. "The information is that astir predators are not strangers but radical we know—people who tin physique trust, make peculiar friendships, and abstracted household members psychologically."
Looking backmost connected her childhood—most of which was spent with her 2 sisters, with Jan describing each 3 of them arsenic "so safe, truthful loved [and] truthful carefree"—Jan said they archetypal met the Berchtold family, who had children of the aforesaid ages, successful 1972."
"A heavy relationship ensued," Jan continued, explaining that the families did "hundreds" of activities unneurotic implicit the years. "Then connected a mean afternoon, the begetter kidnapped me—and from property 12 to 16 I was sexually assaulted and severely brainwashed by this antheral who I trusted."
Turning her absorption to A Friend of the Family, Jan said the bid volition marque viewers "talk, shout, cry—and it volition marque you angry. Good."
"The squad of writers, actors, designers, directors and producers led by Alex Hedlund, Eliza Hittman, and Nick Antosca person captured the bosom of however bully radical tin beryllium manipulated and their children victimized," Jan concluded. "Our communicative is relatable due to the fact that truthful galore families person nonstop acquisition with this benignant of abuse. I anticipation that our communicative volition commencement conversations—because secrets unrecorded successful acheronian and silence."
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Antosca antecedently released a connection of his own, expressing his anticipation for anyone watching to "come distant from the bid with a deeper knowing of the household and say: In that time, successful that place, they were similar me. They made unspeakable mistakes, but they loved their kids. And, a maestro manipulator took vantage of them."
"The bid exists extracurricular the emblematic categories of genre," helium continued. "It’s a thriller built astir obsessive relationships, a household drama, and a nightmarish coming-of-age story."
The showrunner besides described A Friend of the Family arsenic a communicative astir survival, "and a larger communicative astir the American psyche and the institutions of family, religion and community."
"And portion of what makes the communicative truthful exceptional isn’t however unusual it is, but the information that the Brobergs told it astatine all," Antosca said. "It was a wrenching, analyzable communicative to enactment on. In summation to the thousands of pages of proceedings transcripts, FBI notes, interviews, and puerility diaries that we were capable to usage to archer the story, we person had the privilege of moving with Jan Broberg herself. We could not and would not archer this communicative without Jan and her family’s blessing and participation. Thank you for watching."
Scroll connected for photos from A Friend of the Family, which premieres Thursday, Oct. 8 connected Peacock with 3 episodes astatine motorboat and caller episodes streaming play thereafter.
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Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin volition play the relation of Mary Ann Broberg. Mary Ann is the parent of 3 daughters, and her beingness has felt safe, blessed and rewarding until recently. She has realized excessively precocious that she whitethorn person missed informing signs and made a unspeakable mistake by becoming adjacent to her charismatic neighbour Robert Berchtold—and trusting him astir her oldest daughter, Jan.
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Jake Lacy
Jake Lacy volition play the relation of Robert "B" Berchtold, a charming section businessman who appears to beryllium a genial Mormon begetter and husband. An adept successful manipulation, helium puts everyone astir him astatine easiness arsenic helium cautiously plots the abduction of Mary Ann’s daughter.
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Colin Hanks
Colin Hanks volition play the relation of Bob Broberg, Mary Ann’s hubby and Jan’s father, Bob is big-hearted, kind, and everyone’s champion friend, the precise exemplary of a suburban patriarch. As his household gets person to neighbour Robert Berchtold, Bob begins to fearfulness that thing is amiss.
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Mckenna Grace
Mckenna Grace volition play the relation of Jan Broberg successful the aboriginal years. Jan is the oldest girl of Bob and Mary Ann Broberg and leads a happy, accepted beingness successful an idyllic American city. Jan trusts household person and neighbour Robert Berchtold, though helium has plans for her abduction that she doesn’t suspect.
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Hendrix Yancey
Hendrix Yancey volition play the relation of Jan Broberg successful the aboriginal years. Jan is the oldest girl of Bob and Mary Ann Broberg and leads a happy, accepted beingness successful an idyllic American city. Jan trusts household person and neighbour Robert Berchtold, though helium has plans for her abduction that she doesn’t suspect.
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Anna Paquin, Elle Lisic, Hendrix Yancey, Mila Harris & Colin Hanks
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