Like it or not, America has a true crime obsession. While poring over the details a high-profile murder or kidnapping case may be entertaining, there’s a major caveat that’s often forgotten. These programs are based on true events, which means some victims live with the consequences of the case for the rest of their lives. Jan Broberg, the producer and subject of Peacock’s A Friend of the Family, tells her story not to entertain, but to start a difficult conversation that could save lives.
I would message her a lot and ask her questions. I would send her pictures from set, and she would give me whole backstories of the scene that we were shooting or what was going through her mind and what she was feeling at the time. The first time I ever talked to her, we were on the phone for about two hours and both of us cried and she told me so much. She’s such a beautiful person that I’m honored to be in her orbit.
Robert is depicted as a master manipulator. Jake, how were you able to channel all those qualities of Robert for your performance? Grace: There was so much conversation that went into the thought behind every single scene because we would have to go back through it. If we were shooting two episodes at once, even in the span of two episodes, so much has happened.
That’s what we try to do in everything we make. We’re all storytellers. This story inherently is gripping. You can’t stop thinking about the story when you’ve heard it. It was essential that we find that balance of authenticity and telling a really gripping, compelling story because that is what allows people to immerse themselves and invest and keep thinking about it and create awareness.
That was not true here. It was “lights on, lights off” after months of this work, stepping into B and then stepping away. Because of the subject matter in the story, to be focused and attentive and compassionate and serious throughout the day, and then afterward, to check out and go home and watch Arrested Development and play with my kids. To be like, “Let’s make this a light set,” it’s not going to be like that, so let’s let that go.
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