Peacock and Seth MacFarlane's Ted is known to be crazy sometimes, but Season 2, Episode 3 took it to another level when the gang played Dungeons and Dragons with a weed dealer, run by the legendary Brennan Lee Mulligan.
Mulligan is an extremely popular online personality known for his D&D show Dimension 20. The series airs on the Dropout streaming service, where he also appears on improv comedy shows such as Make Some Noise and Game Changer.
His talents in the D&D space made him the perfect person for the role, and not only does the cast of Ted agree, but they're confident he's the reason why the episode truly worked.
At WonderCon, The Direct spoke with the cast of Ted about their time working with Brennan Lee Mulligan. On the red carpet, we crossed paths with show stars Max Burkholder, Scott Grimes, Giorgia Whigham, and Alanna Ubach.
Ted Seasons 1 and 2 are streaming on Peacock. A third season has not been confirmed and seems unlikely to move forward due to production costs.
Brennan Lee Mulligan Took Over 'Ted' & the Cast Loved It
"He's Almost Solely Responsible For Why That Story Is So Good."
- The Direct: "You did an episode this season with Brennan Lee Mulligan, who's from Dimension 20, Dropout, and you got to play D&D. Tell me what that experience was like behind the scenes, like getting to play a game with him."
Max Burkholder: The second I read Episode 3... I was talking with everybody who would listen about my ideas for the casting for the DM character. I was like, Oh my God, if you don't get Brennan Lee Mulligan for this, what is all of this money that Peacock is giving us for?...
I think I was the first person really fighting hard behind the scenes to get him cast as that. Because I was like, There's no way that this works without [him], 100%. And once he actually got there to set.... I was never quieter than I was when he was on set, because I was truly nervous and star-struck.
I mean, I've been playing D&D for a number of years now. I got into it through 'Dimension 20... [and] I've met incredibly famous people before who I have not been star-struck by, but this one person I was losing my shit.
Scott Grimes: Usually, scenes like that, when you have all those people around the table, it's exhausting, right? Because your camera has to be on a close-up of all of them, and you're there with them all. It felt like it took 20 minutes to film that because of him.
I remember the first day, stuff was written, and written by people who like D&D, but Seth kind of came in and went, you know, do what you have to, you might need to rewrite this, and do what you need to do. And he went, 'Oh, okay,' and so that's all him. That's all him designing that story, and we could not have done it without him.
Not only that, he's a great hang. He's funny. We had a great time. You could get a guy like that, an actor that might not be good, might mess it up. He never messed up once, and he is. He's almost solely responsible for why that story is so good. He's great.
Giorgia Whigham: He's awesome. I knew very little about D&D when I got the script. I really turned to Max for all of he loves it. He's a DM himself, so he taught us a lot about it, and he gave us the lowdown on Brennan's whole thing, which I didn't really know. But when he showed up, it really changed the whole vibe of the episode, in my opinion. He really kind of set the tone for it, because you could tell he knew exactly what he was doing. And he's awesome. He's such a good guy, too.
Alanna Ubach: He's great. He is the sweetest thing in the entire world. And I didn't know anything about D&D. I had to do a lot of research, but I'm glad I did, because D&D, right?
The entire set of WonderCon 2026 interviews is available below:
