When Colin Hanks found out he was being considered “Family friend” He thought, “Wow, that sounds great.”
Then the script arrived.
“I said, ‘Oh, this is the saddest show I’ve ever read, so I don’t know what you’d think if you were thinking of me.’ , my first instinct was, ‘No, I can’t.
But he couldn’t get a true crime show out of his mind. His Nick Antosca limited series, which debuts on October 6 on his Peacock, is based on the true story of Brobergs (who was also the subject of his 2017 Netflix documentary Abducted in Plain Sight).
Hanks plays Bob Broberg, a staunch Mormon from idyllic Idaho, who thinks Robert Burchtold (Jake Lacy), or to his beloved neighbors, Brother B has moved to town and believes they are. If you distort everything, the family will fall apart. daughter, Jan.
Before taking on the role, Hanks made it clear he wasn’t interested in recreating a laundry list of all the bad decisions the Brobergs made while being emotionally and sexually manipulated by Berchtold. . Daughter. Rather, Hanks wanted to find out why they made these choices.
“And that’s what Nick wanted to explore,” he said.
It’s been a busy year for Hanks, who played an FBI agent in . “Impeachment: An American Crime Story” On the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal and studio execs “offer” About the making of “The Godfather”. He’s a fan of the San Francisco Giants and even made a documentary about him. Willie Mayscoming out in November on HBO.
Calling from London, where he’s shooting an independent film, Hanks shares ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ a cast-iron skillet, the Atlanta Beltline, and 10 things that’ve kept him going through the hustle and bustle. I mentioned
These are edited excerpts from the conversation.
1. “Baseball 100” Joe Posnanski I don’t want this book to end, so I’m reading it slowly. They are like character studies of players from different points in baseball history, Japanese players, and Negro league players.
2. My cast iron skillet At least I’m still not good at cooking. But there’s something about this idea that he can use one skillet to season and cook just about anything in it, and that’s enough. Oddly enough, it also looks a bit like a baseball mitt. you have to break it you have to take care of it. You don’t have to clean it properly. Don’t think twice about throwing it in the sink after using it.
3. “Sunderland Till I Die” on netflix I have made many documentaries. It’s kind of a hustle on my show business side. I did something different about the Eagles of Death Metal returning to Paris to play after the Bataclan attack. Recently, I became obsessed with a wonderful sports doc called ‘Sunderland ‘Til I Die’ about a relegated English football team. It’s just heartbreak and something I haven’t seen in sports in quite some time.
4. Shave your head Playing Bob Broberg required a very specific hairstyle. Half of my head was shaved because I had to go through a very serious wig process. had. Since then, I wear a hat every day. I am currently at work where I had to make another wig that looks like my normal hairstyle. About 7 days from now I am so excited to shave my head and start over. is.
5. Tacos perfect food. period. Exclamation point. It can be lunch, dinner or, if you’re lucky, breakfast.
6. Discovering “new” music I find it really fun to discover music that is new to me but not necessarily new to everyone. I found a record of the band called. Jagwar Ma I’ve been listening nonstop while walking around London since 2013. Wherever I travel, I go to my local record store and label the city where I bought the record. Also where I was in my life and what I was doing.
7. Autumn Autumn is one of those moments that I really enjoy. Seeing the leaves change, feeling the temperature drop, and getting everyone excited to button up their coats, at least for a while. It also means that fall classics are just around the corner.
8. Atlanta Beltline I live in Los Angeles, but had to move to Atlanta for “A Friend of the Family.” It is this wonderful footpath that circles the entire city. It’s this incredible conduit to Atlanta. Being so close, I could put on my shoes, go for a walk, meet people, have dinner somewhere else, and walk home. Not much different from New York’s High Line. I felt like I was part of life there.
9. Soccer They call it a beautiful game, and there’s a reason for that. Its simplicity — it’s a sport played all over the world and all you really need is a ball.I was planning to see liverpool It was my first time seeing them live and the match was postponed due to the Queen’s funeral. It was very, very sad. So I spent my Sundays drinking my sorrows in the pub.
10.FX “What we do behind the scenes” I watched the first two episodes and my instinct was, “Okay. They’re vampires. It’s a fake documentary. They all have funny accents.” It crept up on me in a way that made me laugh and cry every single episode above. Oddly enough, you wouldn’t necessarily think that the show’s breadth could captivate you and make you fall in love with the characters.