Anna Paquin, Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks and Lio Tipton to star in Peacock true-crime limited drama A Friend of the Family

The Hollywood Reporter

The Act co-creator Nick Antosca is writing and serving as showrunner on the drama series based on the harrowing story of the Broberg family, whose daughter was kidnapped multiple times. Paquin stars as Mary Ann Broberg, a mother of three who realized too late that she missed warning signs and became close to her charismatic neighbor, Robert Berchtold, and trusted him around her oldest daughter, Jan. Lacy plays Robert, who plots the abduction of Jan. Hanks will portray Bob Broberg, Mary Ann's husband. Tipton plays Robert's wife Gail.