CNN's Jake Tapper talks with actor Rainn Wilson, i.e. Dwight Schrute of "The Office."
Rainn Wilson relishes in the macabre and paranormal
By Marianne Garvey
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.
The stories are found by Tenderfoot TV's Payne Lindsey, the creator and executive producer of the show. Set inside the fictional world of Radio Rental, an '80s video rental store run, Wilson plays the eccentric shopkeeper, Terry Carnation. 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."
The fourth installment of the podcast recently released, with Wilson calling each episode "good old fashioned storytelling."
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