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‘Ted’ Series Star Max Burkholder on Breaking Out From ‘Parenthood’ With ‘Wildly Different’ Role (Exclusive)


Max Burkholder is all grown up. The ‘Parenthood’ alum plays a young John Bennett in the highly-anticipated ‘Ted’ TV series.

The Ted series, premiering January 11 on Peacock, explores the origins of John’s relationship with the cuddly, foul-mouthed teddy bear. Hollywood Life spoke exclusively with Max about working closely with Seth MacFarlane, how “racy” the show will be, giving the world “another look” at him after Parenthood fame, and more. For an audition, I had to learn the Boston accent, and I kind of still had the beginnings of the workings of it, but the studio set me up with a dialect coach who was super helpful.

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