'A Friend of the Family' Teaser Shows How a Neighbor Manipulated the Broberg Family
etonline.comcontinues to build, Peacock released the official teaser for the harrowing true-crime saga about the Brobergs. The creepy clip gives audiences a closer look at the unbelievable story about a family manipulated by a friendly neighbor, who ended up kidnapping their daughter, Jan, not once twice.
The series stars Jake Lacy, fresh off his Emmy-nominated performance in, as Robert Berchtold, a charismatic friend who grew close to various members of the Broberg family, including mother Mary Ann (Anna Paquin), father Bob (Colin Hanks) and Jan (Mckenna Grace).
Rounding out the cast is Lio Tipton as Robert’s wife, Gail, and Hendrix Yancey, who portrays a younger version of Jan. “This story will make you talk, shout, cry -- and it will make you angry,” says Jan Broberg, who serves as a producer on the series alongside her mother and previously appeared on-camera in the Netflix docuseries,, where she recounted her story. “We were a loving, trusting, educated family.
We were not stupid or careless,” she explains. “So, how could this happen in our neighborhood, where we knew everyone, and everyone was a friend?
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