{"id":34877,"date":"2022-03-22T18:58:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T22:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=34877"},"modified":"2022-03-22T18:58:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T22:58:30","slug":"mckenna-grace-to-star-in-peacocks-upcoming-true-crime-limited-drama-series-a-friend-of-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/22\/mckenna-grace-to-star-in-peacocks-upcoming-true-crime-limited-drama-series-a-friend-of-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Mckenna Grace to Star in Peacock&#8217;s Upcoming True Crime Limited Drama Series &#8220;A Friend of the Family&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9230\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/peacock-tv-logo-black.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/peacock-tv-logo-black.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/peacock-tv-logo-black-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/peacock-tv-logo-black-260x129.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/peacock-tv-logo-black-160x79.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Mckenna Grace will star in Peacock&#8217;s upcoming true-crime limited drama series &#8220;<strong><em>A Friend Of The Family<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221; Grace Joins Previously Announced Series Stars Anna Paquin, Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks, and Lio Tipton. The series comes from writer Nick Antosca and UCP with Eliza Hittman Directing; based on Jan Broberg&#8217;s stranger-than-fiction story<\/p>\n<p>The series is from Nick Antosca (<em>The Act, Channel Zero<\/em>), who will serve as showrunner, writer, and executive producer. Antosca, under his production banner Eat the Cat, will produce via his overall deal with UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.<\/p><div id=\"morty-585410353\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY is based on the harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by a charismatic, obsessed family &#8220;friend.&#8221; The Brobergs &#8211; devoted to their faith, family, and community &#8211; were utterly unprepared for the sophisticated tactics their neighbor used to exploit their vulnerabilities, drive them apart, and turn their daughter against them. This is the story of how their lives were permanently altered &#8211; and how they survived.<\/p>\n<p>NEW CHARACTER \/ DESCRIPTION:<\/p>\n<p>MCKENNA GRACE (<em>Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale<\/em>) will play the role of Jan Broberg in the later years. Jan is the oldest daughter of Bob and Mary Ann Broberg and leads a happy, traditional life in an idyllic American city. Jan trusts family friend and neighbor Robert Berchtold, though he has plans for her abduction that she doesn&#8217;t suspect.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED CHARACTERS \/ DESCRIPTIONS:<\/p><div id=\"morty-4234486740\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>ANNA PAQUIN (<em>Flack, The Irishman, True Blood<\/em>) will play the role of Mary Ann Broberg. Mary Ann is the mother of three daughters, and her life has felt safe, happy, and rewarding until recently. She has realized too late that she may have missed warning signs and made a terrible mistake by becoming close to her charismatic neighbor Robert Berchtold &#8211; and trusting him around her oldest daughter, Jan.<\/p>\n<p>JAKE LACY (<em>The White Lotus, Being the Ricardos<\/em>) will play the role of Robert &#8220;B&#8221; Berchtold, a charming local businessman who appears to be a genial Mormon father and husband. An expert in manipulation, he puts everyone around him at ease as he carefully plots the abduction of Mary Ann&#8217;s daughter.<\/p>\n<p>COLIN HANKS (<em>The Offer, Impeachment: American Crime Story<\/em>) will play the role of Bob Broberg, Mary Ann&#8217;s husband and Jan&#8217;s father, Bob is big-hearted, kind, and everyone&#8217;s best friend, the very model of a suburban patriarch. 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