Rainn Wilson relishes in the macabre and paranormal
CNN
We all know Rainn Wilson is a gifted comedic actor. He's also obsessed with the macabre, and loves his role as the host of "Radio Rental," a fictional podcast that tells true stories from people about bizarre crimes or paranormal activity they've encountered.
These tales, often found by producers who are deep diving Reddit, are set inside the fictional world of Radio Rental, an 80's video rental store run by an eccentric shopkeeper, Terry Carnation, played by Wilson. He says he approaches Carnation from a comedic standpoint, but that the stories are in fact very real and extremely bone chilling.
"Terry Carnation is the kind of character that introduces these kind of specific, mysterious, supernatural stories," Wilson says. "And I had been wanting to do this character and work on this character for a while."
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