Jan Broberg is no stranger to sharing her story.
Now, Broberg is ready to share her story with a new audience.
“It’s not caricatures.
Jake Lacy as Robert Berchtold in ‘A Friend of the Family’.Peacock
It’s not a simple story.
There’s a lot of psychology behind grooming.
“The truth is this was a slow burn,” Antosca says.
“It happened over so many years, and it happened in the context of safety and normalcy.
So, it’s important to get the texture of real life.”
“This person can’t be twirling a mustache,” Antosca explains of casting Lacy.
“This is not an obvious villain.
It’s maybe easy to sit in judgement of people.
I think the hope for Nick and Jan is to say, ‘Well,thisis how.
“He really was both subtle and brazen at the same time,” Lacy says of Berchtold.
“He wasn’t just grooming Jan, but he was grooming an entire family.
(Broberg’s father, Bob, died in 2018.)
“My parents were so brave to tell everything, no matter what.”
“It felt full circle,” Broberg explains.
I know that I can help others find that, no matter what they’ve gone through.
They can not only survive, but they can thrive.
They can find hope and get on their healing journey and their whole families can too.”
