Robbie Prendergrast (Tom Pelphrey) spends a lot of time thinking about escaping his life on “Task.” Before he heads into a heist with his boys, Cliff (Raúl Castillo) and Peaches (Owen Teague), he bolsters their bravery by having Peaches picture dancing on a beach. When a job that goes wrong puts the outlaw motorcycle gang he’s been targeting on his tail, he soothes himself with memories of swimming in the local quarry with his family or thinks about starting over in Canada.

In a recent conversation, Pelphrey told Salon that Robbie and the woodsy Delaware County burg he calls home remind him of where he grew up, how he grew up and the people he grew up with: “There were a lot of aspects of Robbie and his personality that I resonated with in a strong way.”

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