After nine captivating episodes, AFriendOfTheFamily came to an end on Peacock as the limited true-crime series chronicled Jan Broberg's childhood abductions.
"I've been an actress for a long time and I love the craft," Broberg tells ET, revealing that while working with showrunner Nick Antosca, she learned there might be a small part for her – and shared what it would mean to be part of the series in this way."I said, 'I know that I can't be promised anything. I have to be up to snuff.
Broberg adds,"The part happened to be so wonderful for me 'cause I felt like I was actually comforting my dad because I don't think he ever really forgave himself." In the end, those scenes added to the"truthful and honest and vulnerable way" they were telling her story."Feeling so vulnerable with those actors as an actor in that space, in that moment was really remarkable for me," she continues.
, and has started a foundation to help other survivors of abuse and assault."It's a lifelong journey," she says. A Friend of the Family: True Evil , where Broberg revisits her past, sits down for an honest conversation with her mother, Mary Ann, and other family members, and meets another Berchtold victim who speaks out on camera for the first time.
When it comes to participating in this latest documentary, Broberg says it's about showing what happens after the fact."I want people not to be left with despair because I'm a very hopeful person and I've worked at that. I've had to work hard to overcome some of these things that have happened in my life and to build relationships that are healthy," she shares, explaining that she wants"people to be left with the fact that there is hope.
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