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Be Afraid

Episode 12 | 1 hr 3 min

Be Afraid Bonus Episode 2: Mac Brandt

Mac Brandt discusses horror, race, and playing the bad guy.

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Mac Brandt discusses horror, race, and playing the bad guy.

This week on Be Afraid, we offer you a bonus episode in the form of a full-length, unedited interview with Mac Brandt. Mac is an LA-based actor who has appeared in series as wide-ranging as Arrested Development, The Thing About Pam, and Lovecraft Country. More recently, he made an appearance in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, and can now be seen in Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux.

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“Be Afraid” is a production of Christianity Today and Fuller Seminary
Executive Producer: Erik Petrik
Producer, Writer, and Editor: Kutter Callaway
Producer, Editor, and Graphic Designer: Stephen Scheidler
Producer: TJ Hester

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